Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), Robert Jacob Gordon, 1779
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The Gordon African Collection : Quadrupeds -
Papio ursinus (Chacma baboon) -
Chlorocebus pygerythrus (Vervet monkey) -
Canis mesomelas (Black-backed jackal; male) -
Canis mesomelas (Black-backed jackal) -
Otocyon megalotis (Bat-eared fox; female) -
Lycaon pictus (African wild dog) -
Otocyon megalotis (Bat-eared fox) -
Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena) -
Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena) -
Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena) -
Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena) -
Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena), from below -
Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena) -
Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena) -
Proteles cristatus (probably) (Aardwolf) -
Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah) -
Galerella pulverulenta or Herpestes pulverulentus (Cape gray… -
Icotnyx striatus (Striped polecat or Zorille) -
Genetta tigrina (Cape genet) -
Suricata suricatta (Meerkats) -
Suricata suricatta (Meerkats) -
Graphiurus ocularis (Spectacled dormouse) -
Mellivora capensis (Honey-badger) -
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe) -
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe) -
Giraffa Camelopardalis (Giraffe) -
Giraffa Camelopardalis (Giraffe) skeleton -
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), skeleton -
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), skeleton -
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe) -
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe),skeleton -
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), skeleton -
Oryx gazella (Gemsbok) -
lcelaphus buselaphus caama (Hartebeest) -
Hippotragus leucophaeus (Bluebuck) -
Hippotragus equinus (Roan antelope) -
Hippotragus equinus (Roan antilope), hide -
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Greater kudu) -
Taurotragus oryx (Eland) -
Damaliscus pygargus pygarus (Bontebok) -
Tragelaphus scriptus (Bushbuck) -
Antidorcas marsupialis (Springbok) -
Redunca arundinum (Southern reedbuck; male) -
Redunca arundinum (Southern reedbuck) -
Ourebia ourebi (Oribi) -
Ourebia ourebi (Oribi) -
Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok) -
Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok) -
Pelea capreolus (Grey rhebok) -
Pelea capreolus (Grey rhebok) -
Oreotragus oreotragus (Klipspringer) -
Oreotragus oreotragus (Klipspringer) -
Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker) -
Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker) -
Raphicerus melanotis (Cape grysbok) -
Philantomba monticola (Blue duiker) -
Syncerus caffer caffer (Cape buffalo) -
Connochaetes gnou (Black wildebeest) -
Bos taurus: Namaqua Ox or “nomgo” -
Bos taurus: Cape cow and calf -
Bos taurus: Cape Ox -
Cape Ram -
Cape Ram -
Cape ewe -
Equus quagga burchellii (Plains zebra) -
Equus quagga quagga (Quagga) -
Equus zebra (Bergzebra) -
Equus quagga burchelli (Burchell’s Zebra) -
Copies of San rock paintings depicting creatures -
Copies after San rock-paintings of two animals -
Copies after San rock-paintings of an ox, a baboon, and a man -
Copies after San rock-paintings of an ostrich, a rhinoceros, and four… -
Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus) -
Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus; female) -
Upper and lower jaws of an Hippopotamus amphibius (Hippopotamus) -
Hippopotamus amphibius foetus (Hippopotamus) -
Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus) -
Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus) -
Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus) -
Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus) -
recto Diceros bicornis bicornis (Black rhinoceros; male) -
Diceros bicornis (Black Rhinoceros) -
Diceros bicornis bicornis (Rhinoceros), skeleton -
Diceros bicornis bicornis (Rhinoceros), organs -
Hippopotamus amphibius (Hippopotamus) -
Hippopotamus amphibius (Hippopotamus), stomachs and intestines -
Diceros bicornis (Black rhinoceros) -
Diceros bicornis bicornis (Rhinoceros) -
Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (Cape warthog; female) -
Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (Cape warthog) -
Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (Cape warthog) -
Orycteropus afer (Aardvark) -
Bathyergus suillus (Cape dune mole-rat) -
Bathyergus suillus (Cape dune mole-rat) -
Procavia capensis (Rock hyrax or dassie) -
Xerus inauris (Cape ground squirrel) -
Rhabdomys pumilio (Four-striped grass mouse) -
Otomys sp. (Karoo vlei-rat) -
Bathyergus janetta (Namaqua dune mole-rat) -
Cryptomys hottentotus (Common mole-rat) -
Pedetes cafer (South African springhare) -
Pedetes cafer (South African springhare) -
Georychus capensis (Cape mole-rat) -
Georychus capensis (Cape mole-rat) -
Lepus saxatilis (?) -
Pronolagus sp. (Karoo hare) -
Macroscelides proboscideus (Round-eared elephant shrew) -
Macroscelides proboscideus (Round-eared elephant shrew) -
Chrysochloris asiatica (Cape golden mole) -
Chrysochloris asiatica (Cape golden mole) -
Orycteropus afer (Aardvark) -
Orycteropus afer (Aardvark) -
Orycteropus afer (Aardvark) -
Eubalaena australis (Southern right whale) -
Macropus sp. (Kangaroo)
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Identification
Title(s)
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe)
Object type
Object number
RP-T-1914-17-148
Inscriptions / marks
- annotation: ‘schaalverdeling, Rijnlandse Maat. 5 Voet. 6 Duijm.’
Description
Giraf (Giraffa camelopardalis), met schaalverdeling van de Khoikhoi in Rijnlandse maat, de assegaai als meetlat omhooggehouden.
Creation
Artist
- draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon
Dating
Oct-1779
Material and Technique
Material
Measurements
height c. 660 mm × width c. 480 mm
height 526 mm × width 368 mm
height 469 mm × width c. 363 mm
Explanatory note
Leefde in Namaqualand, maar is daar nu uitgestorven; Gordon schoot zijn eerste en waarschijnlijk een van de laatste giraffen (op 12 okt. 1779).. ook artikel van L.C. Rookmaker: The observations of R.J.Gordon (1743-1795) on giraffes... found in Namaqualand; in: Journal XXXVI/XXXVII- SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, windhoek, SWA, 1981/82-1982/83, p. 71t/m 90, met afb.
Subject
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
- Purchased with the support of private collectors
Acquisition
purchase 1914
Copyright
Relations
Documentation
- South Africa in 1777-95 : the Gordon Collection of unpublished contemporary watercolour drawings, Suppl., p.6, zw/w. afb. tegenover p. 11
- Een Nederlander in de wildernis : de ontdekkingsreizen van Robert Jacob Gordon (1743-1795) in Zuid-Afrika, Luc Panhuysen, afb. 30
- Een beeld van een land : Zuid-Afrika gezien door R.J. Gordon, tussen 1773 en 1795, Meile Dirk Haga
- Robert Jacob Gordon 1743-1795 : the man and his travels at the Cape, Patrick Cullinan, p. 90, pl. 39 (kleurafb.)
- Robert Jacob Gordon : Cape travels, 1777 to 1786, Maurice Boucher, Peter Edmund Raper, vol.2, p.315-317. pl. 63 (kleurafb.)
- Robert Jacob Gordon (1743-1795) en zijn bijdrage tot de zoölogie van de Kaap de Goede Hoop, Leendert Cornelis Rookmaaker, scriptie, p.142 en Appendix, sectie I
- De Gordon Atlas : achttiende-eeuwse voorstellingen van het Zuidafrikaanse binnenland, Leendert Cornelis Rookmaaker
- Afb. op website www.uct.ac.za/depts/age/people/Gordon: Giraffe with Khoekhoen as scale.
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