Content: Printed on border: "Mustela nivalis, Lin. La belette, Buff." "The length of this animal does not exceed seven inches from the nose to the tail, which is only two inches and a half long, and ends in a point : its height is not above two inches and a half; so that it is nearly four times as long as it is high." "The weasel is very common, and well known in most parts of this country; is very destructive to young birds, poultry, rabbits &c.; and is a keen devourer of eggs, which it sucks with great avidity." Includes additional text. Foxing on image.
Source Note: General history of quadrupeds. (Newcastle upon Tyne : Walker pr., 1820) Bewick, Thomas (1753-1828), Author.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 19 x 12 cm. (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17234234
Barcode: 33333159406327
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8bd452d0-c536-012f-509c-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1820

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The weasel" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1820. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8bd452d0-c536-012f-509c-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1820). The weasel Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8bd452d0-c536-012f-509c-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The weasel" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8bd452d0-c536-012f-509c-58d385a7bc34

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