Charles Hamilton Smith, 1776–1859, Belgian, Hippotigris Quacha, ca. 1837
- Title:
- Hippotigris Quacha
- Additional Title(s):
- Hippotigris Quacha, the Quagga
- Part Of:
- Date:
- ca. 1837
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 1/8 inches (10.5 × 15.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "from life"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Hippotigris Quacha. | The Quagga."; inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper right: "pl XXIII"; inscribed in graphite, upper center: "50"
Signed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "chs", not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.2229
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:35142
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Christopher Plumb, Zebra, Reaktion Books, London, UK, p. 76, QL737.U62 P58 2018 (LC) (YCBA) [YCBA]
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