The Ribbon Snake (Coluber saurita)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.2 x 26.2 cm (13 7/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 53.8 x 37 cm (21 3/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.78

  • 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 with the letters GB

Wikidata ID

Q74895015


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