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James Sowerby, 1756–1822, British, A Barbastelle Bat, 1798
- Title:
A Barbastelle Bat
- Additional Title(s):
Vespertilio barbastelle
- Date:
- 1798
- Medium:
- Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (18.1 × 16.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "no front teeth in the | upper jaw"; on verso in graphite, upper left: "Vespertilio barbastelle"; upper right: "by favor of Mr Peete | from the Powder Mill | Dartford Sept 24th 1798"; center left: "Habitat [...]"; lower left; "113"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.72
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | bat (animal) | Western Barbastelle
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:18265
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