NY Central Park Hippopotamus

Frederick Stuart Church1883

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Letter written to Dudley Tenney. Top, left, profile view of hippopotamus; right, profile view of man facing left, with hat and mustache writing letter, sitting on steps. Bottom left corner, orangutan sitting on stool typing on type writer.

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Title: NY Central Park Hippopotamus
Creator: Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924
Date Created: 1883
Location Created: USA
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Pen and black ink on paper
Credit line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt

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