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William Bartram 1739-1823

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Plate 61
Water Moccasin head
$450.00
No. 61
Cottonmouth Water Moccasin : Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus
150 x 175

Bartram wrote of this snake “The mocassin snake is a large and horrid serpent to all
appearance, and there are very terrifying stories related of him by the inhabitants of
the Southern states, where they greatly abound…their bite is always incurable”
P.272 Travels


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