Hippopotamus Collection

Religion / Egypt / Taweret
The hippopotamus goddess, she is a likeable and benevolent creature who protects women during pregnancy and in childbirth

Skull of a pigmy hippo
Model of a pigmy hippo skull from Cyprus

Piltdown Man reconstructed, 1912
Piltdown Man, as imagined by Illustrated London News special artist Amedee Forestier, soon after the discovery of the bones was made public in 1912

Hippos in Kruger National Park, South Africa
A group of hippos in Tshokwane, Kruger National Park, South Africa. The Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa, and contains around 3000 hippos, as well as many other wild animals

Hippopotamus attacking a canoe, South Africa, 1857
Engraving showing a female hippopotamus attacking a large canoe, South Africa, c.1857. Apparently, the hippopotamus had been robbed of her offspring and decided to capsize the canoe in retaliation

Hippopotamus and keeper, London Zoo, Victorian period

Panorama of the Kassai landscape
History of Africa. 19th century. Panoramic view of the Kasai River landscape. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Africa. European exploration of the Congo?
History of Africa. 19th century.... Mad with joy, Albert straddles the animal's body. He was one of the Danish crew of the whaler Albion who, together with the Scots

Africa. Congo. Fauna of the Congo river
History of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. Fauna of the Congo river. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Metro Toronto Zoo - The Hippopotamus enclosure Date: circa 1970s

BOOK OF THE DEAD/37
Osiris-Seker within a shrine adored by Ani and his wife, Plate. The goddess Hathor as a hippopotamus crowned with the sun-disk and horns

Hippo being fed at Cairo Zoo, Egypt
Keeper at Cairo Zoo feeding a hippo through bars of enclosure. Date: circa 1930s

Hippo or hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius. Hippopotamus in the Zoological Gardens. In enclosure in a zoo with spectators and a zookeeper

The Waterfall of Niagara. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Thomas Kelly, London, 1829

Zoo Misfitz card game - hippopotamus. 1938

Female hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista

Head of a male hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius (vulnerable). Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Meunier from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

South American or Brazilian tapir, Tapirus terrestris. Vulnerable. (Hippopotamus terrestre de Linneaus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Georg Wolfgang Knorrs Deliciae Naturae Selectae of

Nile hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius. Vulnerable. L Hippopotame amphibie du Nil. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Georg Wolfgang Knorrs Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van

African animals including hippopotamus, chameleon, crocodile, snake, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Classical allegorical statue of the River Nile, with old man and cornucopia, above images of crocodiles, hippopotami, etc

Abyssinians hunting hippopotamus with muskets and spears. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Hippopotamus, vulnerable
Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, vulnerable 1. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792

Zoo Animals Up To Date on Cycles - Hippo on Penny Farthing
Zoo Animals Up To Date on Cycles - Hippo on a Penny Farthing. 1892

Limpopo River, Mozambique, south-east Africa Date: 1856

Egypt. Edfu. Temple of Horus. Horus in battle with god Seth
Egypt. Edfu. Temple of Horus. 3rd century B.C. Relief depicting the god Horus standing on a boat and avenging his fathers murder in a battle with his Uncle, the god Seth

Hippopotamus (Kronheim)
wading in an Egyptian lake

Sudanese hippopotamus hide daraga or shield, 1885 (c). Reputedly taken at Maj Gen Sir J McNeills zariba, Tofrek, 22 Mar 1885, 1st Sudan War (1884-1885)

Trafalgar Square in the Ice Age : a vision of past and present. A scene suggested by the discovery of fossil bones beneath Trafalgar Square : the site in the Ice Age showing hippos, aurochs

Magical wand. Egypt
Magical wand of ivory of hippopotamus tusk with images depicting deities and protective spirits to ward off evil spirits. To provide magical protection for mother and child. 1750 BC. 12th Dynasty

Hippopotamus - Hippo with eyes, ears and nostrils appearing above water (Hippopotamus amphibius). Zambesi River

Happy Families Animals - Mrs Hippo. circa 1940s

Happy Families Animals - Mr Hippo. circa 1940s

Happy Families Animals - Miss Hippo. circa 1940s

Happy Families Animals - Master Hippo. circa 1940s

Hippopotamus. Egyptian faience. Egypt
Roaring hippopotamus. Egyptian faience. Origin unknown. 12th-17th Dynasties. C. 1990-1550 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark

Hippopotamus 1550
Early depiction of a hippopotamus. Date: 1550

Elephant, hippo and others in tug-of-war
An elephant, a pig and a mouse have a tug-of-war game with a hippo, a bear and a rabbit. Date: circa 1933

Hippo, elephant, mouse, pig and rabbit
A hippo goes for a swim, despite the No Bathing sign. A mouse throws him a line, thinking he might be drowning. An elephant, a pig and a rabbit stand watching. Date: circa 1933

Landscape in Tertiary era Europe.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr. Rolles Geology and Paleontology section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)

Pygmy Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus Screaming
A hippo in a pool at a zoo, shouting its head off! Date: early 1930s

Sudan - Africa - Shilluk Hippo Hunters at Hillet Abbas
Shilluk Hippo Hunters at Hillet Abbas, Al Wusta, Sudan, Africa. The Shilluk (who now prefer to be known as Chollo), are a major Nilotic ethnic group of Southern Sudan

Pygmy elephant tooth shown here next to one of normal size. Discovered around 1901 by Dorothea Bate (1878 - 1951)

A Tropical Bathing-Place
Plate 10 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Tooth of Hippopotamus amphibius

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