察沃獅

1837

查爾斯·漢密爾頓·史密斯於1837年繪製了這幅引人注目的獅子側面素描，以細膩的鉛筆筆觸和微妙的色彩渲染捕捉了動物強有力的姿態。請注意那出人意料的稀疏鬃毛——這是來自肯亞的著名察沃獅的標誌，它們以幾乎無鬃毛而聞名。紙上可見的淡淡網格線表明這是一項細緻的科學研究，可能旨在用於自然歷史出版物，而非畫廊展示。這讓我們得以一窺在攝影術發明之前，早期博物學家是如何記錄野生世界的！

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