Edward Lear (1812-1888)

Rhinolophus ferremequinum (Horseshoe Bat)

細節

Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Rhinolophus ferremequinum (Horseshoe Bat)
signed and dated 'E.Lear.del/August.28th.1832.' (lower left) and indistinctly inscribed 'Rhinolphus/Ferriumigiunum (?)/August 28 1832' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white
7½ x 11 in. (19 x 27.9 cm.)

刻印

T. Bell, A History of British Quadrupeds, London, 1837, p. 68.

拍場告示

This lot is sold with a label, possibly inscribed by artist's own hand 'Greater Horse-Shoe Bat/Rhinolophus ferrum-equinem'.

拍品專文

The present drawing is a preparatory study for plate 68 of Thomas Bell's publication A History of British Quadrupeds. The plate is entitled 'Greater Horse-Shoe Bat' and was engraved in reverse. Lear also worked on the plates for Bell's A monograph of the testudinata, London, 1836.

The Horseshoe Bat occurs thoughout the temperate and tropical zones of the Old World in both forested and non-forested habitats. The bat's peculiar nostrils are used to emit ultrasonic sounds that help it in its orientation.