#WorldCamelDay: Camels with Dutch Handlers
Japan, Edo period c.1821
Woodblock print; ink & stencil-printed color on paper
"A Dutchman escorts the procession of male & female camels handled by two Arabian attendants in handsomely patterned clothes. At upper left is the Dutch word kameel & the term is defined in Japanese to the left. At upper right is a detailed account of the physical attributes of the animals, with the heading 'Camels brought over by the Dutch.'"
The Met: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/77012

#WorldCamelDay: if your camel turns this color, please see a vet 😬
Vase in the form of a camel, 1870
Modeler: James Hadley (British, 19th century)
Maker: Worcester Factory (British)
Porcelain, 6 13/16 × 10 1/4 × 5 in. (17.3 × 26 × 12.7 cm)
Met collection: https://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/770921

For #WorldCamelDay: Mosaic Fragment with Grazing Camel, Byzantine (Eastern Mediterranean, probably Syria), 5th century. Stone in mortar,
143 × 166.5 × 6.5 cm (56 1/4 × 61 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.).
One hump = Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius)!
On display at The Art Institute of Chicago.
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/35355/mosaic-fragment-with-grazing-camel

For #WorldCamelDay: Composite Camel with Attendant
Iran, Khurasan, c. 1575-1600
opaque watercolor & ink on paper
Met collection: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/447804
#PersianArt #IslamicArt

For #WorldCamelDay: Caravan, 1930. One of a series of paintings of life in Tiflis/Tbilisi by Borys Romanowski / Boris Romanovsky (1879-1947), a Polish artist who lived and worked in the Georgian capital in the 1st half of the 20th century.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borys_Romanowski._Tiflis._1930_02.jpg

🐫In light of #WorldCamelDay, an interesting facet of the conversation effort:

Names are important!

The critically endangered Wild Camel is a distinct species, and confusing it with the more abundant domestic Bactrian camels could alter perceptions of its threatened status.

📰Read the full paper, with a contribution of
@FIWIvienna ’ Pamela Burger 🐫

https://bit.ly/3qZ2zIY