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Giraffes feeding among long grass (Jebel Zeraf - February 19, 1913)

Giraffes feeding among long grass (Jebel Zeraf - February 19, 1913),  Image number:SIL28-298-02
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Giraffes Feeding among Long Grass

Abel Chapman 1851-1929
Ink & wash drawing for his book Savage Sudan (London, 1921), 1914.

Giraffes are no longer common in the Cape region. This drawing is based on a field sketch made by British hunter and naturalist Abel Chapman while traveling in Sudan in 1914.
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