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African Rhinoceros with Tick Birds Sculpture
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2010-109-Artifact
Scope and Contents
This is a plaster cast of the African Rhinoceros with Tick Birds sculpture created by James Lippitt Clark. Clark was known for his excellent sculptor work with African animals and sculpted many Rhinos in his lifetime. This Black Rhino statue stands thirty inches tall and forty inches wide. It was created in 1912 and said to be on of Clark's best works.
Dates:
1912
Albert Laessle animal statues and medal
Collection — Container: Box Small Collections 15
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0802
Overview
Albert Laessle (1877-1954), was a Philadelphia sculptor who combined science and art to create realistic animal studies. This collection includes four of his bronze sculptures, 2 modeled while Laessle studied in Paris, 1906 (of turtles), 2 others while in Philadelphia, 1908,1918 (a polar bear and an eagle). The works measure from 8 x 11 x 8 cm. to 54 x 57 x 95 cm. According to their inscriptions, three sculptures were cast at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry in New York. Also includes 1 bronze...
Dates:
1906-1918
Records of Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Managing Directors
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1010
Scope and Contents
Natural Science, history, geology, religion, anthropology, government reports, maps, advertising ephemera, letterhead art,
This is a collection of incoming and outgoing correspondence of Charles M.B. Cadwalader, dating from 1933 to 1939. Much of the correspondence relates to the acquisition of specimens, donations, estates and annuities, publications, and other Academy business. There is also a significant amount of correspondence with scientists on Academy expeditions,...
Dates:
1929-1959
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- Cadwalader, C. M. B (Charles Meigs Biddle) (June 3,1885-1959) 1
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- Dolan, Brooke, II (1908-August 19, 1945) 1
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