General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    73031
    Alternate Codes
    159941
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    Close-up of head of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and showing its teeth. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Tete d'Hippopotame Male des Bords de l'Orange ou de la Grande Riviere pres des Hordes des Grands Namaquois et des Cameniquois.; Head of the male hippopotamus from the banks of the Orange or the Great River near the communities of the Great Namaquas and the Caminouquas.

    Provenance

    Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963

    Description
    Technique Types
    Distinguishing Features

    Animals hippo

    Measurement Type Unit Value
    Dimension Comments
    Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 396 x 289 mm
    History
    Object Age Comment
    [1785-1795, 1811]
    Maker Comment
    LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
    Collector Comment
    Watercolour on paper
    Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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