Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9971
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‘The Gerbua’ [Greater Egyptian jerboa]
Date
1752
Creator
George Edwards (1694 - 1773, British) , Ornithologist
Object type
Library reference
38029
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 286mm
width (print): 220mm
width (print): 220mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of a Greater Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus orientalis). The desert rodent is shown against a landscape of pyramids and antiquities. Behind are two other jerboas, one in the act of jumping, the other eating an ear of grain.
Plate 219 from chapter 9 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). Described by Edwards in his accompanying text: “The plate represents this animal of its natural bigness. Its general shape is near that of a rat...its progression is by hopping, which it can do very quick, three or four feet at once...This animal was the property of Mr. Scarlet, Optician, near St. Ann’s Church, Westminster, who permitted me to take a drawing of it...”
The plate is variously inscribed, including “Geo Edwards Del Anno 1752.”
Plate 219 from chapter 9 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). Described by Edwards in his accompanying text: “The plate represents this animal of its natural bigness. Its general shape is near that of a rat...its progression is by hopping, which it can do very quick, three or four feet at once...This animal was the property of Mr. Scarlet, Optician, near St. Ann’s Church, Westminster, who permitted me to take a drawing of it...”
The plate is variously inscribed, including “Geo Edwards Del Anno 1752.”
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