The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
Subtitle: an illuminating history of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, artist and lecturer
By: by Barbara Kerley ; with drawings by Brian Selznick many of which are based on the original sketches of Mr. Hawkins.
Contributors: Selznick, Brian.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Hawkins, B. Waterhouse -- 1807-1889 -- Juvenile literature; Dinosaurs -- Models -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature; Modelmakers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Dinosaurs -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about what these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like.
Notes: Subtitle: A true dinosaur story in three ages-- from a childhood love of art, to the monumental dinosaur sculptures at the Crystal Palace in England, to the thwarted work in New York's Central Park.