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Mongoose
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Egyptian Mongoose
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Herpestes ichneumon
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Cha Collins Fect 1739
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- Parallel titles and other title information: Title from Mousley: Herpestes ichneumon
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CA RBD MSG BW002-094
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1 watercolour painting ; 56 x 39 cm + 1 leaf
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(1680-1744)
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Charles Collins was an Irish painter, known for his portraits of animals and still-lifes. He achieved success in England painting exotic birds, game, dogs and dead game still-lifes. He was the painter for Robert Furber’s ‘Twelve Months of Fruit’ (1732). In 1736 he published in collaboration with John Lee a set of 12 large engravings, coloured by hand, of British birds in landscape and garden settings, entitled Icones avium cum nominibus anglicis. He then came to the attention of Taylor White, who engaged him to paint birds from his and others’ collections until 1743. Collins died in 1744, when he was described as ‘Bird Painter to the Royal Society.’
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Drawing of an Egyptian Mongoose from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula].
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Manuscript note on front of drawing: Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) Cha Collins Fect 1739
General note
Manuscript note on back of drawing: Fora 13, Viverra 1, Ichneumon, B mustela glauca the Mongos from Sumatra said to be the same as the Egyptian Ichneumon
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Scientific name: Herpestes ichneumon
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With manuscript text on accompanying leaf.
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Transcription of manuscript note on accompanying leaf: Descriptio
Frons plana. Labium superius prominens.
auriculae rotundae. Mystaces simplici ferie [serie]
in Omnibus labiis lateralibus ad marginem
Lingua scabra. Pollex a reliquis distinctus
cauda basi crassa sensim atenuata [attenuata], longitudine
corporis folliculus ante aperturam ani, sub
aestu apertus. Pili albido & griseo nigrescente
verticillati. magnitudo cati; calcaneis
incidit [incedit].
The Ichneumon
or
Mongos.Mammalia Ferae Viverra
Ichneumon
Viverra cauda e basi incrassata
sensim atenuat. pollicibus, remotissimis
Lin: syst. N. p. 63. ed: nov.
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Translation of manuscript note on accompanying leaf: Description
The forehead is flat. The upper lip juts out;
the ears are round; there is a single row of whiskers
on the sides of the lips near the edge;
the tongue is rough. The thumb is separate from the other fingers,
the tail is thick at the base and gradually becomes thinner, it is as long as the body; there is a small sack above the opening of the anus that opens when the animal is in heat; the hair is whorled with white, grey, and black. It is the size of a cat; it walks on its heels.
The Ichneumon
or
Mongos.
Mammalia Ferae Viverra
Ichneumon
Viverra with a tail that is thick at the base and
gradually becomes thinner; and with thumbs that are very far removed
[from the other fingers].
Lin: syst. N. p. 63. ed: nov.
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Mammals Volume 3, Painting 2