File:Flying maucauco with its young (William Farquhar Collection, 1819–1823).jpg
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[edit]English: Flying maucauco with its young.
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Unknown authorUnknown author (anonymous Chinese artist). |
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Title |
English: Flying maucauco with its young. |
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Description |
English: A watercolour drawing of a colugo (Galeopterus variegatus; known in Malay as the kubung), with two of its young hidden in its patagium (gliding membrane). The colugo is sometimes known as the flying lemur, though it is not a true lemur. The drawing is one of 477 natural history drawings of plants and animals of Malacca and Singapore commissioned by William Farquhar. |
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Date |
between 1819 and 1823 date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1819-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1823-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 . |
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Medium |
watercolor on paper medium QS:P186,Q22915256;P186,Q11472,P518,Q861259 . |
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Dimensions |
height: 42 cm (16.5 in); width: 57 cm (22.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,42U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,57U174728 . |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q632689 |
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Accession number |
Royal Asiatic Society: RAS016.122; National Museum of Singapore: SHM1995.2896. |
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Inscriptions | Front: "Flying maucauco with its young". Back: Colopithicus ... [illegible]. Lemur volans. Gal... pith... vol... [illegible]. Lemur Volans". Watermark: "J. Whatman". | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | "Drawings of Animals, Insects & Reptiles from Malacca" no. 27 in the Royal Asiatic Society's collection. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | [1]. |
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