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Alexander Wilson, Copper plates

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0427

Scope and Contents

Engraved copper plates from which 10 of the illustrations of Wilson's American Ornithology were printed, namely pls. 1-5, 7-9 of vol. 1 and pls. 10-11 of v. 2. 26 x 33 cm. These were engraved by Alexander Lawson and are accompanied by a carbon of the letter of appreciation of the Academy to the donor.

Dates

  • 1808-1810

Creator

Extent

11 item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Thomas Barbour, through courtesy of Witmer Stone, Jan. 4, 1928.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Repository

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