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Art Survey no. 789: [Coryphodons] [art original] / Chas R. Knight, [1898]

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey no. 789

Scope and Contents

Depicts two quadrupeds facing each other in front of a lake; one has its mouth wide open and the other is looking into it.

Dates

  • [1898]

Creator

Extent

1 Object : 1 painting : watercolor on paper ; 53 x 66 cm., in box, 64 x 99 x 10 cm.

Language of Materials

No linguistic content; Not applicable

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transfer, Paleontology Department, 2014, March 14.

Related Materials

AMNH negative no. 35796; 4"x5" slide no. 866; 35mm slide no. 666.

General

Signed and dated ("Sept. 98") at lower left.

General

Indexed in: (1) Czerkas, S.M. and D.F. Glut. Dinosaurs, mammoths, and cavemen: the art of Charles R. Knight. New York: Dutton, 1982, p. 53. (2) Osborn, H.F. The age of mammals. New York: MacMillan Co., 1921, p. 112.

Repository Details

Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository

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