Hippopotamuses and an elephant in a lake near the Awash River, Ethiopia. Coloured lithograph by A. Löffler after J.M. Bernatz.
- Bernatz, Johann Martin, 1802-1878.
- Date:
- [1852-1855]
- Reference:
- 3015986i
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Description
The lake described by Kirk, op. cit. p. 235 : he calls it Hippopotamus Lake, mentioning also that it contained crocodiles: "On crossing the river we visited a small lake of clear water about 4 mile from it; this lake was about 600 yards in its longer diameter, and contained a number of hippopotami and crocodiles, which were continually rising to the surface of the water to breathe."
Publication/Creation
[London] : [F.G. Moon] ; [Munich] : [The author], [1852-1855]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 22.6 x 33.8 cm
Lettering
Lake near the Hawash. J.M. Bernatz del. Aug. Loeffler lith.
Bears number: XXI
References note
R. Kirk, 'Report on the route from Tajurra to Ankóbar, travelled by the Mission to Shwá, under charge of Captain W. C. Harris, Engineers, 1841 (close of the dry season)', Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1842, 12: 221-238
Not in: J.R. Abbey, Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860, vol. I, London, 1957, though mentioned on p. 258, under no. 291 (W.C. Harris, The highlands of Aethiopia, 1844)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3015986i
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Location Status Access Closed stores