'Sciurus Petaurista' [Red giant flying squirrel] Size:S: 36 x 28cm Styling was minimalist

Styling was minimalist

View from the River Thames with Fenning's Wharf in the centre

View of old London Bridge and the water works

View of the Botanical Gardens in Regents Park

Osvaldo Ardiles

'Sciurus Petaurista' [Red giant flying squirrel] Size:S: 36 x 28cm Styling was minimalistZoological study of the Red giant flying squirrel Petaurista petaurista. Two animals are shown clinging to a tree stump: one a rear full body study, the other showing the Asian mammal's head with its mouth open, exposing the teeth. A landscape is shown behind. Plate 6 from the book Miscellanea zoologica, quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur by P S Pallas (The Hague, 1766). An