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Reference numberMS/131/3
Previous numbersMS.131.4
LevelItem
TitlePainting, Egyptian chameleon, by Richard Waller
DateNovember 1686
DescriptionStudy of a chameleon, grasping a branch in leaf with fore-claws and tail. The branch bears an inscription in: " Hanc chamaeleonsis AEgyptiaci Iconem Delineabat R.Waller ad vivum quem possidebat Not. R.Boyl. Nov: 1686." [Richard Waller drew the image of the Egyptian Chameleon from the life which the Honorable Robert Boyle kept, November 1686].
Extent1 item
FormatWatercolour
Physical descriptionOn paper
Dimensions222x328 mm.
Access statusOpen
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