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Art Survey no. 780: [Hyracodon] [art original] / Chas. R. Knight, [1896]

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey no. 780

Scope and Contents

Herd of running horse-like prehistoric mammals, which were actually more closely related to rhinoceroses.

Dates

  • [1896]

Creator

Extent

1 Object : 1 painting : gouache on paper ; 56 x 71 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. 35776; 4"x5" slide #2433; 35mm slide #2433.*

General

Signed and dated at lower left: Chas. R. Knight, 96.

General

Indexed in: (1) Czerkas, S.M. and Glut, D.F. Dinosaurs, mammoths, and cavemen: the art of Charles R. Knight. New York: Dutton, 1982, p. 64. (2) Osborn, H.F. The age of mammals. New York: MacMillan Co., 1921, p. 214.

Repository Details

Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository

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