Calcutta School, circa 1820
Calcutta School, circa 1820

Arctonyx collaris (Hog-badger)

细节
Calcutta School, circa 1820
Arctonyx collaris (Hog-badger)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with gum arabic, fragmentary watermark 'JWH[ATMAN]'
10 x 17 in. (26 x 43.2 cm.)
拍场告示
This has now been identified as Arctonyx collarisi (Hog-badger), and not Paguma larvata (Himalayan Palm Civet) as is stated in the catalogue.

Our thanks to Dr Harry van Rompaey of the World Conservation Union for his help in identifying this animal.