Study of four quadrupeds: an American Bear, a Polar Bear, a Wolverine and a Badger

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Sydenham Teak Edwards (1768-1819)
Study of four quadrupeds: an American Bear, a Polar Bear, a Wolverine and a Badger
signed 'Syndenham Edwards del^t^' (lower left) and numbered '2' (lower left) and with inscription 'Tyst./Quadrupeds/Clas Mammalia. Order Ferae. Genus Ursus/1. U. Americanus. American Bear./2. U. Maritimus/Polar Bear./3. U Gulo./Glutton./4. U.Meles. Badger' (on a fragment of the old mount, attached to the new mount)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour and brown wash, heightened with red
8¾ x 7 in. (22.2 x 17.7 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 July 1994, part of lot 39.

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Lot Essay

Sydenham Teak Edwards was born in Usk (Monmouth) in 1768, the son of an Abergavenny organist and schoolmaster. From 1798 Edwards was a regular contributor of illustrations to the Botanical Magazine, and exhibited twelve paintings of flowers and animals at the Royal Academy between 1792 and 1814.

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