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Antique Engraving of Crested Porcupine and North American Porcupine, ca.1825
$160 (£120, €140)
Period original, not a reproduction.
Shipped from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked, worldwide. Returns accepted within 14 days.
- Date
- 1825
- Size
- 10.4 × 6.9 in (26.5 × 17.5 cm)
- Condition
- Good. This antique engraving is in very good condition, with light toning and minor foxing that add to its authentic historical character while maintaining its visual appeal.
- Period
- Early 19th century
- Section
- Mammals
- Reference
- f_45187592
Crested porcupine and North American porcupine, a hand-colored engraving of about 1825 from a French natural history work. The plate is lettered "Histrix cristata, Porc-épic d'Italie" for the upper figure and "Histrix dorsata, L'Urson" for the lower, with a faint engraver's credit at the lower left.
The upper animal, the crested porcupine of southern Europe and Africa, is drawn in profile on a patch of green turf, its head low and its long black and white quills swept back over the body in a fan. The lower animal, the urson, is shown with a rounded, dark brown body, a short tail and a short mane of pale quills across the back, standing on a green and gray ground. Both are hand-colored in watercolor.
The urson, now called the North American porcupine, is a native of Canada and the northern United States, and was long known in France under its Canadian name.
