Study of a Dodo
The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a flightless bird living on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. It stood about a meter tall and weighed about 20 kilograms (44 lb). It has been extinct since the 1600s and the phrase "dead as a dodo" means undoubtedly dead.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 4/1865
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- Study of a Dodo
- Simple Name
- painting
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- c 1840
- Production Person Initials
- F
- Production Person Surname
- Hart
- Production Year Low
- 1830
- Production Year High
- 1850
