Original hand-colored engraving with five insectivores, tenrecs and hedgehogs, arranged in two registers against a rocky background. It is number LI 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 five insectivores, tenrecs and hedgehogs, arranged in two registers against a rocky background. It is number LI 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. LI.
Dimensions: 6.5 x 9.8 in (16.5 x 25 cm).
Condition: Fair. General toning, foxing in the upper margin and a small crease at the lower right corner.