Art Survey no. 749: Agathaumas [art original] / Chas. R. Knight, 1897
Scope and Contents
The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion. Additional research on artworks in the Museum is in progress.
Dates
- 1897
Creator
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 (Artist, Person)
Biographical / Historical
The fossil remains of Agathaumas were first found in 1872 in the Laramie Formation of southwestern Wyoming during Hayden's Geological Survey of the Territories. The discoverers notified paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope of the find, who found more remains in that area. Cope named the animal Agathaumas sylvestris ("marvelous forest-dweller") in reference to its great size and the environment revealed in the same rocks as its bones. He published a description of it in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical society, v. 12, 1872 (p. 481-483).
Extent
1 Object : 1 painting : gouache on paper ; 40 x 57 cm., matted in frame 61 x 79 cm.
Language of Materials
No linguistic content; Not applicable
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer, Paleontology Department, 2014, March 14.
General
Signed and dated '97 at lower left. On label mounted on verso of painting: K:AM 189702.
General
Exhibition note: "Dinosaurs: Past and Present," Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 1987-1988.
Creator
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 (Artist, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
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