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Barbary Ground Squirrel
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Atlantoxerus getulus
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P. Paillou may 1755
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CA RBD MSG BW002-247
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1755 (Creation)
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- Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
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1 watercolour painting ; 56 x 39 cm + 1 leaf
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(approximately 1720-approximately 1790)
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Peter Paillou was born in London into a Huguenot family and was recognised in his own time as an eminent ‘bird painter’. In 1744 he began to paint for Taylor White and worked for him for almost thirty years, painting chiefly birds and mammals. He painted as well for Robert More, Joseph Banks, and for the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. Many of his paintings of birds were used as the basis for book illustrations, often engraved by his colleague and fellow Huguenot, Peter Mazell. Paillou was elected to the Society of Artists and in 1763 he exhibited ‘A Piece of Birds, in Watercolours; the Hen of the Wood and Cock of the Red Game’. In 1778, to considerable approval, he also showed a picture of ‘A Horned Owl from Peru’, completely made from feathers.
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Drawing of a Barbary Ground Squirrel from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Morocco, Algeria, and the Canary Islands].
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Manuscript note on front of drawing: P. Paillou may 1755;
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Manuscript note on back of drawing: The Ground Squirrel from Africa Sciurus Gehius
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Scientific name: Atlantoxerus getulus
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With manuscript text on accompanying leaf.
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Transcription of manuscript note on accompanying leaf: Mammalia Glires Sciurus
8th Linei 5 Palmarum LNS [sic] p. 86
- Sciurus subgriseus striis tribus
flavicantibus, caudaq[ue]
albo nigroq[ue] lineata Bris. Q. 156
Sciurus coloris ex rufo & nigro mixti
lineis in dorso flavicantibus. Bris. 2. 156
Mustela Africana Clus exot 112
Habitat in America,
cauda distincta, erecta, non obumbrans
Pedes 4-5. Auriculae rotundae.
ground squirell from Africa
Vol 6 N 28
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Translation of manuscript note on accompanying leaf: Mammalia Glires Sciurus
8th Linei 5 Palmarum LNS [sic] p. 86
- Sciurus somewhat grey with three
golden-yellow stripes, and a
white and black lined tail.
Sciurus of a mixed red and black colouring
with golden-yellow lines on the back. Bris. 2. 156
Mustela Africana Clus exot 112
It lives in America.
The tail is distinct, erect, and does not cover [the squirrel].
The feet are 4-5 [toed]. The ears are round.
ground squirell from Africa
Vol 6 N 28
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Mammals Volume 6, Painting 28