31b. The Smithsonian Ceratosaurus Mount, 1920
Gilmore's memoir on Ceratosaurus could easily have been included in
this exhibition in the section on "Great Dinosaur Monographs of the Early
Twentieth Century (see items 37-41), but we placed it here because
Gilmore included several restorations of Ceratosaurus that were
made earlier, around 1900 (see
item 31), including a painting by J. M. Gleeson, under the direction
of Charles Knight. We show here (top right) a photograph of the
recently installed Ceratosaurus mount in the United States National
Museum (right). What is interesting about the mount is that the
Gleeson drawing is hung on the backdrop of the case, as can be more easily
seen in a detail enlargement of the photograph (see below left).
Source:Gilmore, Charles W. Osteology of the carnivorous Dinosauria in the United States National Museum, with special reference to the genera Antrodemus (Allosaurus) and Ceratosaurus. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1920. Series: Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Bulletin 110. This work is on display as exhibit item 31.
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