Bewick Collection (page 4)

American Elk (Bewick)
Just to confuse us all, this is neither the European Elk nor the American Moose, but seems to belong to a distinct species, and is probably the Elk or Orignal of Canada

Elk (Bewick)
cervus alces The largest and most formidable of all the Deer kind. Known in America as the Moose

Reindeer (Bewick)
cervus tarandus The poor Laplander would find it impossible to subsist among their snowy mountains without the aid of this most useful creature

Agouti (Bewick)
or long-nosed Cavy cavia aguti resident of South America

Akouchi (Bewick)
The Akouchi seems to be a variety of the agouti, Bewick says. It lives in South America - that is, until it is hunted, caught and eaten

Common Antelope (Bewick)
COMMON ANTELOPE capra cervicapra

Armadillo (Bewick)
SIX-BANDED ARMADILLO dasypus sexcinctus Found in Brazil and Guiana : about the size of a young pig

Long-Eared Bat (Bewick)
LONG-EARED BAT vespertilio auritus just 4.5 cm in length

Black Bear (Bewick)
Bewick is puzzled by this creature, drawn from life, which he supposes to be a bear: it was brought back from Bengal, and appears to be a gentle, good-natured animal

Polar Bear (Bewick)
Ursus albus : Bewick reports that they can be up to 13 feet (4m) long. It seems to like cold climates - these inhospitable regions seem adapted to its sullen nature

Beaver (Bewick)
Castor fiber : Bewick depicts the Musquash, Musk Beaver or Little Beaver

Dromedary (Bewick)
Camelus dromedarius: also known as the Arabian Camel. More numerous and swifter than the camel proper. Date: 1790

Domestic Cat (Bewick)
Felis felis : to describe an animal so well known, might seem a superfluous task

Jaguar (Bewick)
Felis onca : rather larger than the panther

Leopard (Bewick)
Panthera pardus - the leopard is really a smaller panther

Lynx (Bewick)
Felis lynx

Panther (Bewick)
Felis perdus

Serval (Bewick)
Felis serval - African wild cat

Wild Cat (Bewick)
Felis catus, or chat sauvage

Ounce (Bewick)
Felis uncia. A wild cat similar to the leopard, also known as the Mountain Panther or Snow Leopard

Ocelot (Bewick)
Felis pardalis. A wild cat from central America, it is of course hunted for its coat and is an endangered species

Urus (Bewick)
The Urus, or Wild Bull, is chiefly to be met with in the extensive forests of Lithuania. Not any more, it ain t

Bison (Bewick)
Bos bison, the American bison as Buffon termed it

Buffalo (Bewick)
Bos bubalus : Buffon termed it Le Buffle

Bulldog (Bewick)
is the fiercest of all the Dog kind, and is probably the most courageous creature in the world - so says Bewick

Genet (Bewick)
Viverra genetta. This is a kind of civet-cat found in the south of France, though I have yet to see one there

Gnu (Bewick)
A relative of the antelope; also known as wildebeest. Catoblepas gnu

Ibex (Bewick)
A species of mountain goat - capra ibex : Buffon labels it le bouquetin

Red Deer (Bewick)
The Stag, or Red-Deer (Cervus elephas) This is the most beautiful animal of the Deer kind... and this is one of Bewicks most beautiful engravings. Date: 1790

Thomas Bewick / Engraver
THOMAS BEWICK English illustrator and wood engraver

Leicester Improved breed of sheet
The Leicester Improved breed of sheep

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