Skip to main contentDescriptionSketch of Leigh holding a rifle (?) with hippopotamus in front of him. Done for book by Leigh: "Frontiers of Enchantment, An Artist's Adventures in Africa." Quote on back references page 221.
Author and Hippopotamus
Artist/Maker
William R. Leigh
United States, 1866 - 1955
Date1938
Mediumink, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensionsimage: 14 × 10 1/2 in. (35.6 × 26.7 cm)
frame: 21 1/2 × 18 5/8 in. (54.6 × 47.3 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2008.001.002
ClassificationsDrawing
SignedSigned
InscribedW.R. LEIGH LLC
On View
Not on view