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A jerboa standing in the desert next to an inscribed stone with pyramids in the background. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.
- Edwards, George, 1694-1773.
- Date
- 1752
- Reference
- 40397i
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Credit: A jerboa standing in the desert next to an inscribed stone with pyramids in the background. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
Jerboa: small desert rodent of the family Dipodidae with long hind legs and the ability to make large jumps
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1752.
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 23.9 x 18.9 cm
Contributors
Lettering
This animal is called Al Jerbua, or Jerbua, and is figur'd and describ'd in Del Tesoro Britannico delineate e descritte da Nicola Francesco Haym Romano...Geo. Edwards del. anno 1752
Lettering note
Further lettering within the print:...Cuniculus sev Lepus Indicus...The jerbo uf Le Bruyn in his voyage to the Levant in English folio Pa 287 Plate 210
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 40397i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
- Latin
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Location Status Access Closed stores