Young Hippopotamus, 1849

"The young hippopotamus Obayasch (1849-1878) in the Cairo garden of the British Consulate, awaiting transportation to the London Zoo. The consul, Mr. Murray, described the hippo as being as playful as a Newfoundland puppy. Joseph Wolf, the Zoological Society’s principal artist, painted the charming youngster from a sketch."

-- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
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Temporary display near the IMAX theater, American Museum of Natural History, New York,
from the new book "Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library"
by Tom Baione


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