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Carl Akeley
Carl Akeley

Carl Akeley

Artist/Maker William R. Leigh United States, 1866 - 1955
Date1938
Mediumink and graphite on paper
Dimensionsimage: 7 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (19.7 × 21 cm) frame: 18 5/8 × 21 1/2 in. (47.3 × 54.6 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2008.001.001
ClassificationsDrawing
SignedSigned
InscribedW.R. LEIGH LC
On View
Not on view
DescriptionSketch of Carl Akeley standing in safari clothes for book by Leigh: "Frontiers of Enchantment, An Artist's Adventures in Africa." Quote on back references page 19.
Author and Hippopotamus
William R. Leigh
1938
Baboons in the Lukenia Hills
William R. Leigh
1938
Gorilla in the River
William R. Leigh
1938
Gnu or Wildebeest
William R. Leigh
1938
Hartebeest or Kongoni
William R. Leigh
1938
Eland
William R. Leigh
1938
The Vulturine Guinea-Fowl
William R. Leigh
1938
Masai Ostriches, Tanganyika
William R. Leigh
1938
Secretary Birds
William R. Leigh
1938
Flamingos
William R. Leigh
1938
Flamingos at Lake Hannington
William R. Leigh
1938
Sacred Ibis
William R. Leigh
1938