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Postcards
VBI-0210
BRITISH PLEISTOCENE MAMMALS
₹400
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Details
- Publisher / Photographer
- Not specified
- Year
- 1900's
- Publisher / Printer
- Not specified
- Location
- Barrington, Cambridge (specimen locality)
- Subjects
- British Pleistocene mammals · Hippopotamus · Fossil remains · British Museum (Natural History) · Natural history postcards
- Size
- 5.5 x 3.5 in
Description
Postcard illustrating a hippopotamus lower jaw, with the cheek teeth and projecting front teeth clearly shown. The caption identifies the specimen as Hippopotamus amphibius from river gravel at Barrington, Cambridge, and records its greatest width as two feet. Issued under the heading “British Pleistocene Mammals,” with the British Museum (Natural History) name, reference G 15, and a printer’s credit to Waterlow & Sons Limited.
Condition
Good