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Dinosaurs in art

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Dryptosaurus [art original] / Chas. R. Knight

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey no. 761
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

Hadrosaurs [art original] / Chas. R. Knight

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey no. 758
Scope and Contents

Two duck-billed dinosaurs, one in foreground standing in three-quarter view and the other drinking from a pond or lake.

Dates: [1897]