'The Little Ant-Eater' [Silky anteater ?] Size:M: 50 x 40cm He is shown here in

He is shown here in full military uniform

A monkey with Alderman Matthew Wood's head squats beside a plump cat with the head of Queen Caroline

describing a simple equatorial instrument

Half length seated portrait of Charles Wheatstone

Aldermanbury

'The Little Ant-Eater' [Silky anteater ?] Size:M: 50 x 40cm He is shown here inZoological 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