Dryptosaurus [art original] / Chas. R. Knight
Scope and Contents
Originally entitled "Leaping Laelaps," this watercolor may be the earliest depiction of theropods, or actually any dinosaur, as highly active and dynamic, based on the opinions of E.D. Cope and Henry Fairfield Osborn, the curator of vertebrate paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History at the time of the painting's commission.
Dates
- 1897
Creator
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 (Artist, Person)
Extent
1 Object : 1 painting : gouache on paper ; 40 x 58 cm., matted in frame 61 x 79 cm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer, Paleontology Department, 2014, March 14.
General
Signed and dated '97 at lower right. On label mounted on verso of painting: K:AM 189701.
General
Exhibition note: "Dinosaurs: Past and Present," Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 1987-1988.
General
Indexed in: Czerkas, S.M. and D.F. Glut. Dinosaurs, mammoths, and cavemen: the art of Charles R. Knight. New York: Dutton, 1982 (p. 49).
Creator
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 (Artist, Person)
- Author
- Iris Lee
- Date
- 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
American Museum of Natural History
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New York NY 10024 USA
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