Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 inches (53 × 38.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "scale of one foot"; on verso in pen and brown ink, upper center: "This is to be reduced to the size that a | considerable space may be left for the | size of the rhinoceros, which is to precede | him is the largest animal to be published, | and this is to be second.- | The Rhinoceros will occupy Six inches long & three | inches high English measure half an inch less for the | reduced Hyena will be"; lower left: "Hyena No 2"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.9089(36)
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
taxonomy (discipline) | deer | animal art | birds | fish | plants | flowers (plants) | animals