Four beavers at a river bank: two are gnawing at a tree while the other two are collecting twigs in the water with a village behind the lake in the background. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

Aug[ustae] Vind[elicorum] [Augsburg] : J.E. Ridinger

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 27.3 x 40.7 cm

Die Biber haben 2. bis 3. Junge...bievres ont 2. ou trois petits...fiber edit uno partu duos vel...Cum priv. sac. caes. majest. I. El.Ridinger inv. delin. sculps. et excud. Aug. Vind. Lettering continues in German, French and Latin and ends in fifteen lines of poetry describing the beaver Bears number top right : 27 Bears number (in pencil) bottom left : T 222

Wellcome Collection 39327i