'The Little Ant-Eater' [Silky anteater ?] mb-height 2842 2nd November 1987

2nd November 1987

St Michael

two sitting down while their horses graze

'The imports of Great Britain from France'

as the Act directs Jany

'The Little Ant-Eater' [Silky anteater ?] mb-height 2842 2nd November 1987Zoological study of a South American anteater, possibly the Silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus). The animal is shown with two front claws encircling a branch. Plate 220 from chapter 10 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). The plate is inscribed: 'An animal from the Spanish Main in America drawn near of the Natural Size. Geo Edwards