Basire Collection

Skeleton of the common chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes. Endangered. (Chimpanzee, Homo troglodytes.) Copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier

Rock hyrax, Procavia capensis (Syrian hyrax, Hyrax syriacus). Illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from a specimen in Frankfurt Museum, engraved by James Basire

Big hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus
Big hairy armadillo or large hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus (Hairy armadillo, or fourth tatou of d Azara). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The

Giant armadillo, Priodontes maximus (Dasypus giganteus). Vulnerable. Illustration by James Basire, engraved by T. Bradley

Cayenne spiny rat, Proechimys guyannensis (Red echimys or spiny rat of d Azara). Illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The

Long-nosed potoroo or kangaroo rat, Potorous tridactylus. (Tufted tailed or mountain kanguroo, Kanguroo pencillatus.) Illustration by John Lewin

Tasmanian wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus. Extinct
Tasmanian wolf or thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus. Extinct (Zebra or dog-faced dasyrus, Didelphis cynocephala). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The Animal

Harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus. Female
Harp seal female, Pagophilus groenlandicus (Greenland or harp seal, Phoca groenlandica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith of a

Harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus (Greenland or harp seal, Phoca groenlandica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith of a specimen in

Crab eating opossum, Didelphis marsupialis cancrivora. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825

Binturong or bearcat, Arctictis binturong. Vulnerable. (Paradoxurus binturong) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London

Asian palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Asian palm civet or toddy cat, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pougoune, Paradoxurus tipus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron

Meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta (Surikate, Ryzaena suricata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London

Large Indian civet, Viverra zibetha. Near threatened. (Civet, Viverra civetta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier

African civet, Civettictis civetta (Civet, Viverra civetta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825

Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis (Chinche of Buffon, Viverra mephitis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Edward Griffiths The

Tayra, Eira barbara (Taira, Mustela barbara). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith of a specimen in Paris Museum from Edward Griffiths

Philippine flying lemur, Cynocephalus volans. (Colugo, Galeopithecus rufus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London

Homer / Profile / Basire
HOMER Blind Greek poet in profile Date: 9th - 8th Century BC

Francis Drake Basire
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE the English admiral and circumnavigator of the world Date: 1545 - 1596

Richardson / Basire
SAMUEL RICHARDSON English novelist with a scene from his novel, Clarissa, below Date: 1689 - 1761

John Dryden Basire
JOHN DRYDEN The English poet and Poet Laureate, with an epitaph

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