Bitis caudalis (Horned puff adder) Bitis caudalis (Horned puff adder) Property Type: drawing animal study album sheet Item number: RP-T-1914-17-107 Inscriptions / Brands: annotation, under the scale, pen in brown, partly over pencil and black chalk " naturl: Groote 10 Duijm Rijnlands / Sogenaamde Hoornsman or hear a long time from the land Namacqua, dese hose is overseer toxic / he does not have horns so if one for data; the sijn but twe elevations of the scaly / sheet over the eyes', Namacqua is underlined.; misspelling of the author (in handwriting Gordon or the First Secretary, with the S a
Bitis caudalis (Horned puff adder) Bitis caudalis (Horned puff adder) Property Type: drawing animal study album sheet Item number: RP-T-1914-17-107 Inscriptions / Brands: annotation, under the scale, pen in brown, partly over pencil and black chalk " naturl: Groote 10 Duijm Rijnlands / Sogenaamde Hoornsman or hear a long time from the land Namacqua, dese hose is overseer toxic / he does not have horns so if one for data; the sijn but twe elevations of the scaly / sheet over the eyes', Namacqua is underlined.; misspelling of the author (in handwriting Gordon or the First Secretary, with the S and uppercase) Description: Horned puff adder (Bitis caudalis), from Namaqualand, and a detail of the open mouth. Poisonous snake with two horns-like protrusions above the eyes that give him his name; graduated in duimen. Manufacturer : artist: Robert Jacob Gordon (attributed to) Date: Oct 1777 - mar-1786 Physical features: brush in dark brown and one pink red and blue (detail), pencil and black chalk, pasted material: paper pencil crayon technique: brush size: album sheet: h 660 mm × W 480 mmblad: h 170 mm × W 305 mm
Size: 1950px × 1281px
Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords:
