The Corn Snake (Coluber fulvius?)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Associated Names
Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

The image shows a snake moving around a plant. The snake has red and grayish-white segments, while the plant has green leaves and a root at the bottom. The color palette includes greens, reds, grays, and browns on a beige background. The snake is coiled in curves from the middle left to the upper right, intertwining with the plant's stem and leaves.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.2 × 34.8 cm (9 15/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.8 × 53.8 cm (14 1/2 × 21 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1967.10.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 55

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1771

  • Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.

Wikidata ID

Q65511192

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