Re: America's earliest paleoartist authenticated

["Jerrold Alpern" <vjalp@mindspring.com>]

You can see a much closer match in Knight's painting on the 4th Floor at 
AMNH: 
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/fossilhalls/personalities/bios/knight.php. 
It's simply left/right reversed, although the shape of the tusks is 
different. Presumably the Florida artist did not see a Mammuthus primigenius 
and the authentication work by the researchers seems to have been extremely 
detailed and thorough.

Jerry Alpern

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Subject: Re: America's earliest paleoartist authenticated


> Dan wrote:
>
> > Charles R Knight did a much better job on this image
> > when he originally created it 1909
>
> Hmm! Interesting -- and suspicious -- match -- as though it was copied.
> I see your point. (But, then, that's why the paper addressed the age
> issue.)
>
> [However, on the vert paleo list, Dan also wrote:]
>
> > I'd like to add here that it would very unusual to
> > see such an ancient engraving drawn in perspective
> > a 3/4 view as in Knight's painting.
>
> At first glance, I, too, thought the engraved image showed perspective
> -- with the far hind leg, especially. Then I decided it was
> inconclusive
> because the bottom parts of the legs/feet weren't discernible. Weird,
> though.
>
> Oh, and here's a tinier URl. The Knight image in question is at the
> bottom of the page.
> http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KPS/poky/pages%20/pokych10.htm
>
> -- Donna Braginetz