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The Hippopotamus at the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park (Main View)
Count de Montizon
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Portrait of sleeping hippopotamus in zoo. The hippo was captured in August 1849 on the banks of the White Nile and sent over to Queen Victoria by the Egyptian Pasha. The photograph is taken from the animal's point of view, as if from inside the cage, using a double lens and instant exposure.
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- Title: The Hippopotamus at the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park (Main View)
- Creator: Count de Montizon
- Date Created: 1852
- Location Created: London, England
- Physical Dimensions: 11.4 × 12.5 cm (4 1/2 × 4 15/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Salted paper print from a glass negative
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XA.871.6.9
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Count de Montizon (Spanish, 1822 - 1887)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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