The Ribbon Snake (Coluber saurita)
published 1731-1743
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper
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Credit Line
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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
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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