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Charles Hamilton Smith, 1776–1859, Belgian, Myalotis Caama, The Caama of South Africa, ca. 1837
- Title:
Myalotis Caama, The Caama of South Africa
- Part Of:
- Date:
- ca. 1837
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 4 1/4 × 6 5/8 inches (10.8 × 16.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: "Megalotis caama. | The caama of South Africa"; inscribed in graphite, upper center: 108"; iinscribed in graphite, upper right: "Pl.19"
Signed in pen and gray ink, lower right: "chs", not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.2286
- 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:35243
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