Item Info

Language: English
Material: Gouache and graphite on paper
Transcription:

"Oligocene

Cats, dogs, pigs, horses, cows, elephants, rhinocerus, bear, deer

Titanotherium 8X15, archaeotherium, dinohyus 6X11, mesohippus, trigonias, ancient rhinocerus, dinictis, a biting cat, hoplophoneus, stabbing cat, protoceras, first deer, cynodictic, primitive dog, ancient dog, daphaenodon, oreodonts, paleomastodon, very ancient elephant, beaver, rabbit."

Media Type: Illustrations
Source: Children's Literature Research Collection
Provenance: Gift of Virginia Lee Burton, 1968.

Bibliography:

Virginia Lee Burton, Life Story (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1962).

Creation Year (Single Year or Earliest Date): 1962
Image Dimensions Width: 21 cm
Call Number: BURT ACT 3
Creator Name: Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968 - Artist