Original copper engraving, hand-colored, with two African squirrels, the fire-footed and the Hottentot, facing each other on a rocky outcrop. Subject no. XXXV from A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith, in the Fullarton and Company edition, London and Edinburgh, 1852.
Original copper engraving, hand-colored, with two African squirrels, the fire-footed and the Hottentot, facing each other on a rocky outcrop. Subject no. XXXV from A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith, in the Fullarton and Company edition, London and Edinburgh, 1852.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored.
Source: Oliver Goldsmith, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Fullarton and Company, London and Edinburgh, 1852; no. XXXV.
Dimensions: Image 9.1 x 5.5 in (23 x 14 cm).
Condition: Good condition; a stain at the upper left corner and a small loss of paper at the lower edge, outside the image. With a mat, which covers part of the margins.