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Antique Lithographs of Squirrels & Flying Squirrels, 19th Century
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Antique Lithographs of Squirrels & Flying Squirrels, 19th Century

£375 ($495, €440)

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Date
Not stated
Size
12.7 × 10.2 in (32.2 × 26 cm)
Condition
Good. Overall good antique condition. Light foxing and mild age-related spotting visible, consistent with lithographs from circa 1830. No major tears or losses observed.
Section
Mammals
Reference
f_48134022

Two zoological lithographs of squirrels and related animals, c.1830, drawn by Karl Joseph Brodtmann after Heinrich Rudolf Schinz and numbered Pl. 100 and Pl. 101, from the Dutch edition of Schinz's natural history of man and animals. The captions are in Dutch.

The first plate, Pl. 100, shows four squirrels on a branching tree, numbered to a key: "De grijze Eekhoorn" (the gray squirrel of North America), "De gemeene Eekhoorn" (the common or red squirrel), a third squirrel, and "De Braziliaansche Eekhoorn," the Brazilian squirrel. The second plate, Pl. 101, shows "De gestreepte aardeekhoorn" with a nut in its paws, "De Virginische vliegende Eekhoorn" and "De Europeesche vliegende Eekhoorn" gliding with outstretched membranes, and, below, "De Madagascarsche Aï" and "De Marmot."

The plates mix species from several continents, and only some of them are American. They are drawn in soft gray lithographic tone against the plain paper, with each animal posed to show its coat and tail.

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