Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena), from below

Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena), from below

RP-T-1914-17-136

• signature and date: ‘[...] den Caap den 2 July 1777/ R:J: Gordon’
• annotation: ‘Mannetjes Hy[a]ena of zogenaamde tijger wolf, vertoont om desselfs teeldelen te kunnen zien, [...]’

draftsman (artist): Robert Jacob Gordon (signed by artist)

1777-07-02

pen en penseel in inkt, penseel in waterverf in kleuren, over sporen van potlood of zwart krijt, enige witte dekverf, enkel dik kader

• height 660 mm x width 480 mm
• height 395 mm x width 274 mm
• height 327 mm x width 228 mm

Purchased with the support of private collectors

purchase 1914

Public domain

Afb. op website www.uct.ac.za/depts/age/people/Gordon: Spotted hyena.

To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:

https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200475225