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Drawer 17

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ANSP collection of mastodon drawings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0281
Scope and Contents The three folio watercolors are by an unknown artist, the designs possibly portraying Mastodon giganteus, which was mounted by James Hall in Albany. The three items are: watercolor of the mounted animal as a design for a fountain, profile of skeleton with the foundation structure, and the foundation only, showing the plan of the water and fountain heads.During research for "All in the Bones: A Biography of Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins" Bob Peck determined that these paintings...
Dates: undated