
King George II (1683–1760)
BeaverWW-1732-525290
1732·Wool, silk, carved and gilded wood (21-22 warps per inch, 9 per cm.)·29 3/4 x 23 3/4in. (75.6 x 60.3cm)
Framed: 55 × 37 × 6 in. (139.7 × 94 × 15.2 cm)
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Catalogue
- Year
- 1732
- Dimensions
- 29 3/4 x 23 3/4in. (75.6 x 60.3cm) Framed: 55 × 37 × 6 in. (139.7 × 94 × 15.2 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Beaver
Artist

Beaver
Beavers are large semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver and the Eurasian beaver. Beavers are the second-largest living rodents, after capybaras, weighing up to 50 kg (110 lb). They have stout bodies with large heads, long chisel-like incisors, brown or gray fur, hand-like front feet, webbed back feet, and tails that are flat and scaly. The two species differ in skull and tail shape and fur color. Beavers can be found in a number of freshwater habitats, such as rivers, streams, lakes and ponds. They are herbivorous, consuming tree bark, aquatic plants, grasses and sedges.
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- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
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