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VINTAGE Serpent Engraving - Boa - Antique 1836 Print

Coiled Boa with Rosette Markings in a Natural History Plate Style – Black Ink on Cream Paper, S-curve Composition


A single boa snake is shown coiled in an S-shaped pose, rendered in fine black linework with rosette markings and stippled scales. Set on cream paper with a wide margin, the plate includes small page marks and a caption reading “BOA.”

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  • Resolution: 6802px x 9028px
  • Year of Print: 1836
  • Artist: Charles Taylor
  • black ink
  • Boa
  • caption boa
  • central composition
  • coil
  • coiled snake
  • cream paper
  • curve
  • detailed scales
  • Hatching
  • Head
  • herpetology
  • Ink
  • labeled caption
  • linework
  • loop
  • monochrome
  • Natural History
  • natural history plate
  • page margin
  • Pattern
  • patterned scales
  • Reptile
  • rosette
  • rosette markings
  • s-curve
  • scale
  • scientific plate
  • sepia
  • serpent
  • Snake
  • specimen pose
  • Spots
  • stippling
  • tail
  • taxonomy
  • tear-shaped spots
  • Texture
  • Zoology

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