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l'Hippopotame du Jardin des Plantes

l'Hippopotame du Jardin des Plantes

Imp. Lemercier Paris [c.1830]
Lithograph with tintstone, sheet 150 x 225mm (6 x 8¾"). Trimmed at top in title.
Hippopotamus at the Méngerie du Jardin des Plantes in Paris, opened to the public in 1635, the second oldest zoo in the world. In the early nineteenth century, when this print was published, it boasted the largest collection of exotic animals in Europe.
Private Collection.
[Ref: 43363]  £85.00


 

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