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# Portrait of Henry Pelham with a pet flying squirrel by John Singleton Copley, 1765
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/belkoi-domashnim-pitomtsem-nikogo-ne-udivish-no-vot-domashniaia-belka-letiaga-na-zolotom-povodke-eto-bolshaia-redkost-dazhe-po-merkam-xviii-veka/
- Published: 2021-07-05T08:13:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:09:28.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Art, Mores, Nature

A pet squirrel will surprise no one, but a domestic flying squirrel on a golden lead is a great rarity, even by the standards of the eighteenth century. 1765, John Singleton Copley, portrait of his half-brother Henry Pelham