Pygmy Anteater
1755
George Edwards
Artist, English, 1694 - 1773
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Artwork overview
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Medium
hand-colored etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 23.5 x 18.7 cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
sheet: 29.3 x 22.6 cm (11 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.) -
Accession
1983.105.10
Artwork history & notes
Inscriptions
across center in plate: An Animal from the Spanish Main in America / Drawn near of the Natural Size; lower right in plate: Geo Edwards Delin et Sculp AD 1755.; lower center in plate: 220
Watermarks
fleur-de-lis
Wikidata ID
Q74044800