Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI Search this
Physical description:
1 item 24.25 x 15.5 in. (art), 34.5 x 26 in. (frame)
Type:
Two-dimensional graphics
Works of art
Place:
Africa
Date:
1900
Notes:
Original watercolor. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom right hand corner
Supplied title
Heinrich Egersdorfer (1853 - 1915) visited South Africa on a number of occasions. He made numerous illustrations for the Illustrated London News and other pictorial journals. His paintings of wild life, which nearly always feature action, are becoming uncommon. The Africana Museum in Johannesburg owns a number of his works
Forms part of: Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Art026 is accession number in Cullman Library inventory list of the Russell E. Train collection.
Art026 is accession number in Cullman Library inventory list of the Russell E. Train collection
Summary:
Depicts a sable antelope being attacked by two cheetahs, one of which has already caught the startled antelope and is going for its throat. A small "kopje" is featured in the middle ground with the "veldt" rolling away towards other hills in the background
