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[Eobasileus] [art original] / Chas. R. Knight

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey no. 760

Scope and Contents

Two rhinoceros-like mammals with six horns and large canines, one grazing in background, the other standing in profile view in center. The Eobasileus is closely related to Uintatherium.

Dates

  • 1896

Creator

Extent

1 Object : 1 painting : gouache on paper ; 49 x 65 cm., in wooden frame, 71 x 86 x 4 cm.

Related Materials

AMNH negative no. 35775; 4"x5" slide no. 2427; 35mm slide no. 2427.

General

Signed and dated "96" at lower left.

General

Exhibition note: "Dinosaurs: Past and Present". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 1987-1988.

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. 49 (2) Osborn, H.F. The age of mammals. New York: MacMillan, 1921. p. 166.

General

Previously referred to as: Uintatherium

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

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