Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9362
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Egyptian chameleon
Date
November 1686
Creator
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , Naturalist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 222mm
width (painting): 324mm
width (painting): 324mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of a chameleon, grasping a branch in leaf with fore-claws and tail. The branch bears an inscription in: " Hanc chamaeleonsis AEgyptiaci Iconem Delineabat R.Waller ad vivumquem possidebat Not. R.Boyl. Nov: 1686." [Richard Waller drew the image of the Egyptian Chameleon from the life which the Honorable Robert Boyle kept, November 1686].
Related fellows
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place