Hippopotamus (Daniell)

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(Plate 12.)

Artist

Name:: Daniell, Samuel
Dates:: 1775-1811
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Etching
Engraver:: Daniell, Samuel
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The Smithsonian Libraries, The internet Archive

Book

Title:: African scenery and animals
Author:: Daniell, Samuel
Publisher:: London: Published by the author, n.d. [1804-1805]
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Description:

Hand-colored aquatint showing a monumental hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) standing on the bank of a stream, its body seen from the side, but its head slightly turned in the viewer's direction. In the background, some of its congeners can be seen swimming in the stream as a group of people gathers on the opposite bank.

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