The Glass Snake (Anguis ventralis), published 1731-1743

Not on View

etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

plate: 24.9 x 34.4 cm (9 13/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

sheet: 37 x 53.8 cm (14 9/16 x 21 3/16 in.)

Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 59

1991.163.66

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

lower right in plate: MC; lower right in plate: Chrysanthemum.; lower left in plate: Caecilia Maculata.; upper right in plate: 59

Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

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