Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraf), skelet Giraffa camelopardalis (giraffe), skeletal object type: drawing album leaf Object number: RP-T-1914-17-153 Inscriptions / Brands: annotation, at the bottom of the margin and to the left, pen and Brown: "" Skeleton of the Camelopardalis Aº1780 by my to the / Cabinet of Sijne doorlugtige highness gesonden in the hedge '.; scale + Rhenish Size 15 feet 4 Duijm "scale from bottom to top (in Gordon's handwriting scale in calligraphy; full text: L. C. Rookmaker, Appendix I of his thesis). Description: Skeleton of a giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); graduated in
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraf), skelet Giraffa camelopardalis (giraffe), skeletal object type: drawing album leaf Object number: RP-T-1914-17-153 Inscriptions / Brands: annotation, at the bottom of the margin and to the left, pen and Brown: "" Skeleton of the Camelopardalis Aº1780 by my to the / Cabinet of Sijne doorlugtige highness gesonden in the hedge '.; scale + Rhenish Size 15 feet 4 Duijm "scale from bottom to top (in Gordon's handwriting scale in calligraphy; full text: L. C. Rookmaker, Appendix I of his thesis). Description: Skeleton of a giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); graduated in Rhineland maat. Manufacturer : artist: Robert Jacob Gordon Date: 14-Oct-1779-9 Dec 1779 Physical features: pen and brush in ink, brush in watercolor in colors, pencil and black chalk, double frame lines around the presentation and the bottom margin of material: paper ink watercolor pencil crayon Technique: pen / brush dimensions: album leaf: h 660 mm × W 480 mmblad: h 410 mm × W 264 mmbeeld: h 375 mm (inner frame) × W 260 mmToelichtingLeefde in Namaqualand, but there now extinct; Gordon shot his first and Where: apparently one of the last giraffes (on Oct 12 1779.); this skeleton it in 1780 to the Cabinet of Governor William V gave, which was not very well developed (see Markings) .. also article L. C. Rookmaker: The observations of (1743-1795) on giraffes ... found in Namaqualand; in: Journal XXXVI / XXXVII- SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, wind angle, SWA, 1981 / 82-1982 / 83, p. 71T / m 90, with afb. Subject: hoofed animals: giraffe (+ skeleton of an animal)
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