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Professor Joe Cain

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Evolution of the Horse Display in Horniman Museum

Evolution of the Horse display in Evidences of Evolution exhibit in Natural History Gallery in Horniman Museum

The “Evolution of the Horse” display occupies cases 84-86 of the Evidences of Evolution exhibit in the Natural History Gallery of Horniman Museum. This post presents a photo gallery.

 

Evolution of the Horse display

Evolution of the Horse. Case 84-86 in Evidences of Evolution exhibition in Natural History Gallery in Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, London, UK
Case 84
Case 85
Case 86
Introduction
Hyracotherium-Eohippus close-up
Orohippus close-up
Mesohippus close-up
Miohippus close-up
Hypohippus close-up
Merychippus close-up
Pliohippus close-up
Hipparion close-up
Equus close-up
Equus model close-up
Case 84-86 combined and in situ
Case 84-86 combined
Case 84-86 sideview (looking left)
Case 84-86 sideview (looking right)
Case 84-86 combined and in situ
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A case list is available on Natural History Gallery.

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Montage of Courtroom Scenes During Libel Trial Statue from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the British Museum, Hoa Hakananai’a (or Stolen Friend) Statue from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the British Museum, Hoa Hakananai’a (or Stolen Friend) No Ordinary Space Bernissart Iguanodons Crystal Palace and Park at Sydenham, coloured engraving by George Baxter, 1854 Flight of the Langoustine, by Pierre Diamantopoulo MRSS. It is made of four life-size bronze figures flying through a steel grid. It was inspired by a discarded and mangled lobster pot that the artist had found on Brighton beach. In his imagination, the washed-up object that had seemingly helped the lobsters escape, translated itself into a wider story of human exodus and release – a dash for freedom. Diamantopoulo describes the figures as “at once profound, frivolous and boisterous, occupying the air like a flock of birds and inspired by modern dance choreography”. Bronze casting at Milwyn Foundry and fabrication of the steel grid and assembly by Art Fabrications. The sculpture weighs 2.2 tonnes and measures approximately 3.5 metres high and 3 meters wide. Flight of the Langoustine was inaugurated on the Hove Plinth on 17 September 2023. Case 91 Heredity - Mendelism (additional detail) darwin-expression-of-emotions-in-man-and-animals-joe-cain-sharon-messenger-14 Survey of Animals exhibit in Natural History Gallery (balcony) in Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, London, UK darwin-expression-of-emotions-in-man-and-animals-joe-cain-sharon-messenger-17 darwin-expression-of-emotions-in-man-and-animals-joe-cain-sharon-messenger-22

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