察沃狮

1837

查尔斯·汉密尔顿·史密斯于1837年绘制了这幅引人注目的狮子侧面素描，以细腻的铅笔笔触和微妙的色彩渲染捕捉了动物强有力的姿态。请注意那出人意料的稀疏鬃毛——这是来自肯尼亚的著名察沃狮的标志，它们以几乎无鬃毛而闻名。纸上可见的淡淡网格线表明这是一项细致的科学研究，可能旨在用于自然历史出版物，而非画廊展示。这让我们得以一窥在摄影术发明之前，早期博物学家是如何记录野生世界的！

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