Saturday, 3 October 2026

Portrait of Henry Pelham with a pet flying squirrel by John Singleton Copley, 1765

A young man in a dark velvet jacket sits at a polished table holding a gold chain attached to a squirrel, against a red drape.

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

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