A group of badgers with their young are sniffing the ground while some squirrels are gamboling on trees and rocks in the mountains. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

Aug[ustae] Vind[elicorum] [Augsburg] : J.E. Ridinger

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 27.4 x 40.8 cm

Der Dachs und das Eichhörnlein,...taison et l'ecurieu...melis et sciur...Cum priv. sac. caes. majest. I. El. Ridinger invent. delin. sculps. et excud. Aug. Vind. Lettering continues in German, French and Latin and ends in sixteen lines of poetry in German contrasting the nimble badger with the lethargic badger Bears number top right : 29 Bears number (in pencil) bottom left : T 224

Wellcome Collection 39329i