The Ribbon Snake (Coluber saurita)
published 1731-1743
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 35.1 x 25.9 cm (13 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
sheet: 51.1 x 34.6 cm (20 1/8 x 13 5/8 in.) -
Accession
1991.163.76
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 50
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1771
Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: MC; lower left in plate: Calyculato. &c.; lower right in plate: Anguis &c.; upper right in plate: 50
Watermarks
fleur-de-lis
Wikidata ID
Q74895008