Porter, Eliot, 1901-1990
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1901 - 1990
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Academy of Natural Sciences Gold Medal for Distinction in Natural History Art Plaster Cast
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: ANSP-2010-089-Artifact
Scope and Contents
This plaster cast is the original plaster model for the obverse of the Academy of Natural Sciences Gold Medal for Distinction in Natural History Art. The medal was originally designed by David Bonner and Donald Patterson of the Franklin Mint. The original plaster for the reverse of the medal was never returned to the Academy by the Franklin Mint. The award was to be given to a person whose artistic endeavors and life's work have contributed to mankind's better understanding and appreciation...
Dates:
1980
Eliot Porter Dye-Transfer Photographic Prints
Collection — Box: 1-4
Identifier: ANSP-2012-056
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of color dye-transfer prints of mostly nesting studies of songbirds, largely in New England. According to Doug Wecshler, this includes some of the best early work of stop-action photography of birds at or near their nests; these were take with a 4 x 5-inch camera, which is unusual for bird photography, and represent some of the most detailed studies of birds at the nest for that time period (between the 1960s-1970s or so).
Dates:
1960s-1980s
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- Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1
- Awards 1
- Birds 1
- Medals 1
- Natural History 1