Original hand-colored engraving with three insectivores - dark tenrec, long-eared hedgehog and spiny tenrec - against a wooded background. It is number LXX in A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, by Oliver Goldsmith, published by A. Fullarton & Co. in London and Edinburgh.
Original hand-colored engraving with three insectivores - dark tenrec, long-eared hedgehog and spiny tenrec - against a wooded background. It is number LXX in A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, by Oliver Goldsmith, published by A. Fullarton & Co. in London and Edinburgh.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored.
Date: 1860.
Source: Oliver Goldsmith, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature; A. Fullarton & Co., London and Edinburgh, no. LXX.
Dimensions: 6.5 x 9.8 in (16.5 x 25 cm).
Condition: Good. Clean paper with light toning and well-preserved color.