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Beavers

Images

  • Two beavers felling trees by gnawing at the trunks. Wood engraving, ca 1862.
  • A fox, a beaver and a mole looking at a hare which has grown antlers. Etching by A. Collaert after T. Galle.
  • Above, an otter eating a fish; below, a beaver. Woodcut after C. Gessner.
  • Head of a lynx and two figures of the head of a beaver. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A beaver hiding from hunters and biting off its own testicles to leave them as their catch. Etching by W.S. Howitt.
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Catalogue

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    A mouse. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 1789.

    Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828. | Date: [between 1790 and 1799?] | Reference: 751350i
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    Geschichtliches und Naturgeschichtliches über den Biber (Castor Fiber L.) in der Schweiz, in Deutschland, Nordamerika / von A. Girtanner.

    Girtanner, Albert, 1839-1907. | Date: 1885
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    Beaver skull, with illustrations showing the fore foot, hind foot, and the tail. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

    Ruprecht, H.J. | Date: [1877] | Reference: 578952i
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    Above, an otter eating a fish; below, a beaver. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

    Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565. | Date: [1560?] | Reference: 41004i
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    The American beaver and his works / by Lewis H. Morgan.

    Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881. | Date: 1868
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