There is a handful of contemporary paintings and etchings of quagga. This is a selection of images that were created in the 18th and 19th centuries, when quaggas could still be seen in the wild and European zoos. The first image is a painting by Louis Agasse who painted from life for the rich and famous - this 1821 animal from an English private collection will certainly be a good likeness. The second image was painted by Nicolas Marechal in 1793 and is of a quagga in King Louis XVI's private me