Sujet
'The Camel', c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Légende
'The Camel', c1850. The central image shows the Arabian Camel or Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) with a single hump, and the Asian or Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) with two humps. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): a messenger riding a camel; a camel caravan crossing a desert; a camel loaded with merchandise; camels mounted with guns; camel hair cloth being sold in a shop; a desert encampment with camels used for meat and for milk; loading camel with goods; Arab ladies riding on camels. From Graphic Illustrations of Animals and Their Utility to Man published by Thomas Varty. (London, c1850).
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1850
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B66_280
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (2,3Mo) / 37,8cm x 33,1cm / 4468 x 3908 (300dpi)