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Description: | An inscription tells us that Bewick drew this creature from life. It is in fact the Sloth Bear ('Ursus Ursinus'). Its long naked snout sucks up ants in a vacuum cleaner action resulting in a noise that can be heard 185 metres away! Looking at the bear it is easy to agree with Bewick's observation that when lying down it has 'the appearance of a rude and shapeless mass'! This is a pencil transfer drawing for the engraving in his book, 'Quadrupeds' (1791), p.266. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: 1790 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | Thomas Bewick | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/discoveringb... | Go to resource |
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