Hyena at the Tower of London
Date
1696
Creator
Henry Hunt (British) , Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p78
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 195mm
width (paper): 310mm
width (paper): 310mm
Description
Profile view of a hyena at the Tower of London by Henry Hunt. This was presented by Henry Hunt, the Royal Society's operator, at its meeting on 14 October 1696. It was ordered to be printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society with a further description of it. Nothing further is heard about the paper on the hyena.
Transcription
The Hyaena kept in the Tower of London. H.NT advi.[vum] delin.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
14 October 1696: 'Mr Hunt brought the Picture of the Animal in the Tower called Hyaena, it was orderd to be laid up and a farther account got of it, and a figure with an account of it to be given in the Transactions' (JBC/9/1).