« giraffe du sennaar », in audouin, brongniart and dumas, annales des sciences naturelles (lit. Annals of natural science), vol. 11, 1827, crochard, paris, pl. 22. Illustration of the article « quelques considérations sur la girafe » (lit. « some considerations on the giraffe »), by étienne geoffroy saint-hilaire, p. 210–223, about the giraffe given to charles x of france by muhammad ali of egypt. Translation of the original caption:
fig. 1. The giraffe currently living at the museum of natural history, scaled down to 1/17th of its height. Fig. 2. The same, smaller, laid. Fig. 3. The same walking, and driven by its mahout. Fig. 4. Skull of a giraffe from cape town. Date: 1827.
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