'The Little Ant-Eater' [Silky anteater ?] mb-height 2842 two sitting down while their

two sitting down while their horses graze

'The imports of Great Britain from France'

viewed across the River Calore

2nd August 1981

'The Little Ant-Eater' [Silky anteater ?] mb-height 2842 two sitting down while theirZoological study of a South American anteater, possibly the Silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus). The animal is shown with two front claws encircling a branch. Plate 220 from chapter 10 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). The plate is inscribed: 'An animal from the Spanish Main in America drawn near of the Natural Size. Geo Edwards