'The Gerbua' [Greater Egyptian jerboa] Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Day trippers from the East

Day trippers from the East End of London seen here enjoying themselves on the big dipper at the Kursal in Southend

Kate Moss modelling Chloe by Stella McCartney

This example was presented to Lord Montagu of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in 1963

On a sign board overhead is a portrait of Augusta

'The Gerbua' [Greater Egyptian jerboa] Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Day trippers from the EastZoological study of a Greater Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus orientalis). The desert rodent is shown against a landscape of pyramids and antiquities. Behind are two other jerboas, one in the act of jumping, the other eating an ear of grain. Plate 219 from chapter 9 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). The plate is variously inscribed,