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\"The Acrochordus or Warted Snake\" (Acrochordus javanicus), Plate 148 from George Shaws The Naturalist\'s Miscellany. The authoritative Biodiversity Heritage library dates this plate to July 1749, vol 5 issue LX, published in London by Nodder & Co. The product is a rare hand-colored copper engraving from 1794 by Shaw & Nodder titled \"Warted Snake.\" It is a small print with a realistic style, depicting a natural history subject. This limited edition original print was produced using copper engraving techniques in the United States during the late 18th century. It features hand tinting and is a first edition, making it a unique and valuable piece for art collectors.
Original 18th Century Hand-colored Numbered Copper Engraving from
The Naturalist\'s Miscellany (1789-1813) by George Shaw & Frederick NodderSize approximately55/8 inx91/8in(14.5 x 23.5 cm)
About the Author/Artist
George Shaw(1751 – 1813)Between 1790 and 1813– with F.P. Nodder as illustrator – Shaw published the “The Naturalist\'s Miscellany”an extensive compendium of the birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, fishes, crustacean and sea marine life - that werenew to science- discovered and described by naturalists and explorers in and around Australia and New Zealand during Eighteenth Century expeditions.
FrederickPolydore Nodder(1770 - 1800) wasa British natural history artist who illustrated both plants and animals.“The Naturalist\'s Miscellany” is Nodder’s most extensive and important artwork: the images werehighly refined, andexecuted with the most scrupulous Adherence to Nature.
“The Naturalist\'s Miscellany” (1789-1813)was published in 287 monthly parts over ~24 years and was organized to be bound in a potential 24 volumes. It describes zoological subjects, many new to science, and native to the South Pacific and Australia.
\"A remarkable serial\" (Wood), a monumental work on Natural History. As the original Prospectus stated: \"The Plates [are] printed on the best paper ... executed with the most scrupulous Adherence to Nature, and ... colored with the utmost Precision and Exactness\".
