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Sydenham Teak Edwards (1768-1819)
Lot 368

Sydenham Teak Edwards (1768-1819)

Study of four quadrupeds: an American Bear, a Polar Bear, a Wolverine and a Badger

Fermé22 May 2008

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GBP 1,500

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Sydenham Teak Edwards (1768-1819)
Study of four quadrupeds: an American Bear, a Polar Bear, a Wolverine and a Badger
signed 'Syndenham Edwards delt' (lower left) and numbered '2' (lower left) and with inscription 'Tyst./Quadrupeds/Clas Mammalia. Order Ferae. Genus Ursus/1. U. Americanus. American Bear./2. U. Maritimus/Polar Bear./3. U Gulo./Glutton./4. U.Meles. Badger' (on a fragment of the old mount, attached to the new mount)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour and brown wash, heightened with red
8¾ x 7 in. (22.2 x 17.7 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 July 1994, part of lot 39.

Note du spécialiste

Sydenham Teak Edwards was born in Usk (Monmouth) in 1768, the son of an Abergavenny organist and schoolmaster. From 1798 Edwards was a regular contributor of illustrations to the Botanical Magazine, and exhibited twelve paintings of flowers and animals at the Royal Academy between 1792 and 1814.