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Half length seated portrait of Charles Wheatstone
showing a signet ring
describing a simple equatorial instrument
Aldermanbury
'The Little Ant-Eater' [Silky anteater ?] Size:M: 50 x 40cm Half length seated portrait ofZoological 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
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