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The MacGillivray art collection

Weasel - Mustela nivalis

Common name: Weasel

Scientific name: Mustela nivalis

Accession number: 205

Materials: Watercolour on paper

When painted: 1833

Inscription on reverse: "Weasel. Mustela vulgaris. From an individual sent from Gifford, Haddingtonshire, by Mr Thomas Henderson. Edinburgh, 1833. W.McG."

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