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George Edwards: The Bedell and his Birds
2 December 2005 - 22 April 2006
The Gerbua
Gleanings of Natural History (1758) Volume 1, plate 219
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‘This animal is call’d Al Jerbua or Jerbua. The living animal from which this was drawn…is now the property of Mr Scarlett, Optician, by St Ann’s Church, Westminster. It is remarkable that it hops like a Bird on its hinder Legs, never setting its fore Paws on the Ground, but generally hides them in the furr under its Throat’. As the animal was brought from Egypt, Edwards shows pyramids in the background.
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