An Egyptian mongoose (ichneumon), standing on a disembowelled crocodile with the crocodile's destroyed eggs nearby. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

  • Maréchal, Nicolas, -1803.
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[1808]
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40946i
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view An Egyptian mongoose (ichneumon), standing on a disembowelled crocodile with the crocodile's destroyed eggs nearby. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

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An Egyptian mongoose (ichneumon), standing on a disembowelled crocodile with the crocodile's destroyed eggs nearby. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Ichneumon: a mongoose of N. Africa, Herpestes ichneumon, noted for destroying crocodile eggs

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[Paris] : [chez Miger], [1808]

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 22 x 36.8 cm

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Viverra ichneumon. L'ichneumon. Peinte par Marechal. Gravée par Miger. Further lettering on top of the print: Three half-pence

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Wellcome Collection 40946i

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