A Plate From The Coalport Animal Service Depicting A Cougar
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A rare Coalport plate from the “Animal Service” 1800 - 1805
Beautifully painted against a dark blue ground, with a panel of white depicting a bright orange cougar, striding among grasses, mountains in the background
Diameter 22.5 cm
Drawn from wood engravings by Thomas Bewick from “A general history of Quadrupeds”
"Cougar" page 219