The Ribbon Snake (Coluber saurita), published 1731-1743

Not on View

Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

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.)

Credit Line

Accession Number

1991.163.77

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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

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.