Hippopotamus
This baby hippo was purchased by Henry Walters, the founder of the Walters Art Museum, on a trip to St. Petersburg in 1900. It was one of four hardstone animals that he acquired for his collection on this cruise. Henry, ever ahead of trends, was one of the first Americans to s...
Images (13)
Artifact
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id
19302
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1900, by purchase [from the factory]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
13
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_42.355_Prof_TR_T95III.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_42.355_Prof_TR_T95III.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_42.355_Prof_TR_T95III.jpg |
| imageCount | 13 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.355 |
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Medium
nephrite, diamonds