Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
Things – [IcoC11204] Iconographies: Crocodile, Fighting animals, Hippopotamus - Caption: Hippopotamus - Functional context: Gessner's Historia animalium or Icones, or Topsell
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ID Thing Type Category Technique Materials Function Image Width Height Depth Date description Date from Date to
[T46211] Hippopotamus Biting Crocodile. In Conrad Gessner, Icones Animalivm Qvadrvpedvm Viviparorvm Et Oviparorvm ..., Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1560 (Zürich, ETH-Bibliothek), p. 82 ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T9131] Hippopotamus Biting Crocodile. In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae Animalium Liber IIII: qui est de Piscium & Aquatilium animantium natura, Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1558 (Washington, Library of Congress), p. 494 ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T32650] Hippopotamus Biting Crocodile. In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri Medici Tigvrini Historiae Animalivm Liber Primvs De quadrupedibus viuiparis... Editio secunda ..., Frankfurt am Main: Robert Cambier (printer), 1602 (Washington, Smithsonian Libraries), p. 493 ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration