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Hippopotamus

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  • A hippopotamus standing by a river while others bathe. Engraving by J Pye after W Craig.
  • Skull of a hippopotamus, with mouth wide open. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
  • Hippopotamuses with elephants in African jungle, representing the Behemoth of the Old Testament. Colour wood engraving attributed to Edmund Evans, 1867.
  • A hippopotamus drinking from a stream in the jungle. Colour lithograph.
  • Eight hippopotami in a river. Watercolour.
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Catalogue

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    A hippopotamus standing in the water biting the tail of a crocodile. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

    Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565. | Date: [1560?] | Reference: 41006i
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    Hooves of ungulates: hippopotamus (two figures), and wild boar (three figures). Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

    Ruprecht, H.J. | Date: [1877] | Reference: 578970i
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    Skull of a hippopotamus, with mouth wide open. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

    Ruprecht, H.J. | Date: [1877] | Reference: 578959i
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    A hippopotamus standing by a river while others bathe. Engraving by J Pye after W Craig.

    Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764-1829. | Reference: 39867i
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    Eight hippopotami in a river. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 576822i
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