Obaysch 1852 - A hippo is laying on a ledge in front of a crowd

Crowds look on as Obaysch rests in the London Zoo in this 1852 photograph taken by Juan, Count of Montizón. Original description: Obaysch, London Zoo's first hippopotamus, 1852. Printed in Edwards J. London Zoo from Old Photographs, 1852-1914, 1996.