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REMAINS OF AN EXTINCT ANIMAL FOUND IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Remains of an extinct animal found in the Isle of Wight, 1865. 'A very remarkable reptile, to which Professor Owen has given the name of Polacanthus, has lately been discovered...This reptile is of a new genus in the Dinosaurian family...The most remarkable character in the creature was this - its back was covered with an immense shield of bone...about ½ in. thick, and taking away all elasticity from the spinal column. This unusual way of strengthening the back through the bone shield is accompanied with very slender though deep dorsal vertebrae, as may be seen in the bone No. 6. Another special peculiarity of this dragon was its immense spines...(4 and 5)...[which] probably ran along the sides of its body and tail as a defence to the less protected parts underneath, which parts were also covered with thick subcircular scutes...some crested, some ridged, as seen in the bones numbered 1 and 7. The leg-bones are very strong and solid, and very large in the joints, with rough and conspicuous surfaces for muscular attachment. In the middle bone (No. 1) the femur is a very conspicuous trochanter, looking like a large excrescence of bone, which had relation to reptilian muscles, by which their limbs were supported in their usually crooked posture'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Remains of an extinct animal found in the Isle of Wight, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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THE GREAT PYTHON SERPENT INCUBATING AT THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK, 1862. CREATOR: PEARSON.
The Great Python Serpent incubating at the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, 1862. '...the keeper, on going to the compartment where the Python sebae from Western Africa is kept, found that during the night she had deposited a large heap of eggs. They were disposed in the form of a cone, round which the reptile had coiled its length, the head surmounting the coil...From an occasional interspace among the folds a glimpse of the eggs is obtained. The eggs are of a roundish form, and in size resemble that of the goose egg; they are covered with a white, soft, leathery substance. The reptile is very attentive to her charge, seldom leaving it, and on being looked at exhibits the greatest fierceness and anger, darting forward at its supposed enemy...In the same place with it was a male of the same species...and between them there always appeared to exist the greatest friendship. The time of incubation is not known for certain, such an event with the larger serpents never having happened before in England, but it is supposed to be from seven to eight weeks. We have considered this occurrence of sufficient importance to naturalists to merit space in this Journal...as it establishes the fact that serpents of this kind incubate their eggs'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The Great Python Serpent incubating at the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, 1862. Creator: Pearson. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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THE CYRENE MARBLES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM: APOLLO, 1861. STATUE FROM CYRENE, AN ANCIENT GREEK AND LATER ROMAN CITY NEAR PRESENT-DAY SHAHHAT, LIBYA. '...ONE OF THE FINEST SPECIMENS OF THE LATER GREEK [ACTUALLY ROMAN] SCHOOLS PRESERVED TO OUR DAYS. IT IS OF
The Cyrene Marbles in the British Museum: Apollo, 1861. Creator: Unknown. The Cyrene Marbles in the British Museum: Apollo, 1861. Statue from Cyrene, an ancient Greek and later Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya. '...one of the finest specimens of the later Greek [actually Roman] schools preserved to our days. It is of Parian marble, and perfect except that the upper part of the right arm is wanting...It is to be noticed that, besides the lyre, we see the bow and the quiver, around which twines a serpent. The statue has great merits and some defects. The attitude is noble as well as graceful; the face is full of sweetness; the form and surface of the body are excellently sculptured; and the drapery is well arranged. But, on the other hand, the expression of the face, combined with the long hair and the attitude of the statue, makes this too feminine a representation to deserve a place among the best Greek works. The modelling of the drapery...is faulty...[One of]...a selection of antiquities collected by Mr. Werry, her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Ben-Ghazee, a town which represents the ancient Hesperides, afterwards Berenice, the westernmost of the five cities of the Cyrenaïca'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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THE "DOSEH", AN ANNUAL RELIGIOUS CEREMONY AT CAIRO, 1861. 'THIS MOST REMARKABLE OF THE MANY PECULIAR CEREMONIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE MOSLEM RELIGION TAKES PLACE ON THE LAST DAY OF THE FESTIVAL OF THE BIRTHDAY OF THE PROPHET. THE FETE IS HELD IN...THE GA
The "Doseh", an annual religious ceremony at Cairo, 1861. Creator: Unknown. The "Doseh", an annual religious ceremony at Cairo, 1861. 'This most remarkable of the many peculiar ceremonies in connection with the Moslem religion takes place on the last day of the Festival of the Birthday of the Prophet. The fete is held in...the gardens of the Esbekieh...the Sheik [arrives]...on horseback, escorted by...grenadiers from the Viceregal Guard and a crowd of officious ecclesiastics...the devotees...apparently lost to everything but paradise and eternity...urged by the dervishes, throw themselves flat upon the ground and are then carefully arranged...(care being taken to have the heads all one way), and continue their cry of "Allah!" which is taken up by the spectators, who become very much excited. The Sheik's horse is...highly trained, and unshod, but always hesitates to place its foot on the first body...each man is trodden upon twice. It is rarely, if ever, that the horse misses his footing - placing one foot on the shoulder of one man and one hind foot upon the hip of another. Immediately the Sheik has passed over, the men leap up, shouting the usual "Allahhu!" The excitement at this particular moment is intense, and the cawasses (police) are extremely lively and energetic in keeping the mob back'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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