'The Little Ant-Eater' [Silky anteater ?] mb-height 2842 'Jonathan's Coffee House

'Jonathan's Coffee House

2nd August 1981

2nd November 1987

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'The Little Ant-Eater' [Silky anteater ?] mb-height 2842 'Jonathan's Coffee HouseZoological 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