Painting by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins - Attack in Pleistocene England

Summary

One of seventeen scenes illustrating prehistoric life and geology painted for the Elizabeth Marsh Museum of Geology and Archaeology in Nassau Hall at College of New Jersey, now known as Princeton University, depicting wooly mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and hyenas.

Subject

• College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
• E.M. Museum of Geology and Archaeology

Notes

Written on verso: Post Tertiary / Elephas primigenius / Felis machairodus / Hyenas in attendance / Designed and painted for the E.M. Geological Museum / N.J. College / Princeton / N.J. / 17 pictures occupied 2 years and 2 months / from March 1875 to April '77. / B. Waterhouse Hawkins.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 83, Folder 01, Image No. SIA_000095_B83_F01_001

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1877
• Circa 1877

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Known Copyright

Topic

Murals

Form/Genre

Photographs

Local number

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B83_F01_001]

Physical description

Albumen prints;

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