Iguanodon
Dinosaur collection comisioned in 1852 and unveiled in 1854, in exhibition in the London park of Crystal Palace. These models are clearly out of date, but they are anyway beautiful.
At the time, they caused outrage amongst British creationist (Point for Darwin...)
From Wikipedia: Iguanodon Easily the most recognizable and most commonly shown of Hawkins's models are the pair of Iguanodon. The inaccuracy of having thumb spikes mistaken for horns is used repeatedly on documentaries about dinosaurs and their history when talking about Victorian ideas of the beasts. Aside from this the Iguanodon, like the Megalosaurus, were depicted as quadrupeds (walking on all fours) and look as though they are inspired by modern day dogs.
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gareth1953 Alive and Well and Much Better (16 months ago | reply)
I visited the park for the first time last year and thought it was wonderful. The dinosaurs are impressive and the view across London from the highstreet are excellent ( on a clear day. )
Thought you might be interested in one of mine from that day. If you like that the other 6 pictures are on page 14 of my stream. I think this is the most popular of the dinosaurs and rightly so. This was the one that got me to through Croydon to see them all. That is some achievement I can tell you.
www.flickr.com/photos/gareth1953/4643854758/