'The Little Ant-Eater' [Silky anteater ?] mb-height 2842 the singers manager

the singers manager

as the Act directs Jany

2nd November 1987

viewed across the River Calore

'The imports of Great Britain from France'

'The Little Ant-Eater' [Silky anteater ?] mb-height 2842 the singers managerZoological 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