For #WorldPangolinDay:
Asiatic #pangolin (Manis sp.), Pl. 82 of the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China, c.1825-40.
NHM London
“Reeves was a tea inspector working for the British East India Company in China. He studied the plants & animals he found in China, and commissioned local artists to create beautiful, scientifically accurate paintings of them.”
https://naturalhistorymuseum.blog/2015/09/22/science-uncovered-2015-we-will-see-you-there-library-and-archives/amp/