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Zebras

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 144 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Sir Jacob Wilson from General Sir Dighton MacNaghten Probyn, 12 December 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/114
Scope and Contents

Probyn writes regarding Ewart's zebra hybrid 'Romulus', which had been offered to the King as a gift. As the King has no further use for the animal, Probyn wishes Wilson to arrange for its shipment.

Dates: 12 December 1902

Letter to the Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from Alexander S. Huth, 08 October 1907

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/41
Scope and Contents

Huth writes that he is sending Ewart the original and proofs of the zebra plate and requests to have the original back when going to press. He requests the plates already printed of 'Agar' and 'Marshall and Jolly'.

Dates: 08 October 1907

Letter to unknown recipient from E. Bryans, 20 November 1899

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/5/38
Scope and Contents

Bryans requests that the recipient forwards an undisclosed item to the author of the article 'Zebras, horses and hybrids' (ie Ewart).

Dates: 20 November 1899

Mountain Zebra, Stocking and Chestnut, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1053
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Mountain zebra's forelegs showing the stocking and chestnut.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Mulatto and Romulus at 5 days old, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/327
Scope and Contents

Photograph of James Cossar Ewart's West Highland pony, Mulatto, and her foal, Romulus, at 5 days old standing next to each other in a barn. Romulus was born in 1896 and is a cross between a horse and a zebra.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Mulatto and Romulus at 7 days old, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/328
Scope and Contents

Photograph of James Cossar Ewart's West Highland pony, Mulatto, and her foal, Romulus, at 7 days old standing next to each other outside in a paddock. Romulus was born in 1896 and is a cross between a horse and a zebra.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Photograph, mounted on card, of Ewart with a Burchell's zebra, c.1899

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Identifier: Coll-14/4/6
Scope and Contents

This photograph is likely to date from around the time of The Penycuik Experiments, although the image does not appear in that work.

Dates: c.1899

Photographic print, mounted on card, of Ewart with zebra/horse hybrid, Romulus, c.1899

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Identifier: Coll-14/4/5
Scope and Contents

This photograph likely dates from around the time of The Penycuik Experiments, although the image does not appear in that work. The card mount is marked 'Charles Reid, Gloucester' and bears signs of having been glued to another surface.

Dates: c.1899

Photographic print, mounted on card, of 'Romulus' a zebra/horse hybrid foal and his dam, c.1896

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Identifier: Coll-14/4/3
Scope and Contents

This image appeared printed in The Penycuik Experiments (1899). The card mounting here displays signs of being glued within a surround or frame.

Dates: c.1896

Photographic print of Ewart with a zebra filly, c.1899

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Identifier: Coll-14/4/4
Scope and Contents

This image appeared printed in The Penycuik Experiments (1899) as Figure 25, 'a zebra filly with 'shadow' stripes, from a photograph by Mr Brown, Penycuik'.. The card mount is marked 'A. Swan Watson: Art Photographer, Bruntsfield Links, Edinburgh'

Dates: c.1899