Crotalus Mutus, Crotalus Horridus: Brodtmann 1814

Title: Crotalus Mutus, Crotalus Horridus Author: Karl Brodtmann Date: 1814 Medium: Hand-colored lithograph Condition: Very Good Plus Inches: 16 x 13 [Image] Centimeters: 40.6 x 33 [Image] Product ID: 307006 Hand-colored lithograph of two snakes (Atlantic bushmaster and timber rattlesnake) by Karl Joseph Brodtmann (1787-1862), one of the most accomplished lithographers of the early-nineteenth century. Born in the city of Überlingen near the German-Swiss border, Brodtmann worked for much of his career in Zurich and Schaffhausen, Switzerland. He produced numerous hand-colored volumes of images related to natural history which served as instructional resources for bio- and zoologists. Brodtmann's lithographs also became sought-after collectibles for the aristocracy, a fact which attests to both the great beauty as well as the scientific accuracy of his work.