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Mark Catesby: English, 1679 - 1749

The Ribbon Snake (Coluber saurita)
published 1731-1743: hand-colored engraving on laid paper; plate: 35.2 x 26 cm (13 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.); sheet: 53.7 x 37 cm (21 1/8 x 14 9/16 in.); Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 50; Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green; 1991.163.77; Not on View

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Inscription

lower right in plate: MC; lower left in plate: Calyculato. &c.; lower right in plate: Anguis &c.; upper right in plate: 50

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

Bibliography

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

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