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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
Agassiz Association minutes and record book
Collection — Box: Small Collections 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0048
Scope and Contents
The Agassiz Association minutes and record book includes the Constitution, bylaws, list of members, and minutes of Chapter no. 242 meetings held Oct. 26, 1887 to Feb. 27, 1891. These were kept by Philip P. Calvert, the chapter's secretary. Tipped into the book are loose notes "Schedule of Observations on Odonata," as noted by P. P. Calvert, 1888-89. The field notes are recorded on printed forms, 4-1/2 x 7 ins.
Dates:
1887-1891
A.H. Clark Mayfly Data
Collection — Box: small accessions 5
Identifier: ANSP-2012-094
Scope and Contents
This collection contains lab research notes from A.H. Clark, dating 1977-2005, that were being stored in the LMSE.
Dates:
1977-2005
Albert Bohatsch tract and letter
Collection — Box: Small Collections 5
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0217
Scope and Contents
A signed letter in German Script, written on the back of an 1885 Catalog of his Carabus collection.
Dates:
circa 1885
Albert E. Foote Papers
Collection — Box: Small Collections 13
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0636
Scope and Contents
Educated as a physician, this mineralogist, naturalist and entrepreneur exhibited his large collection of minerals at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia and received a special award. Because his personal cabinet was so extensive, he was unable to show all of it and rented a building nearby to house the remainder. Visitors asked for permission to buy or exchange minerals with him and soon he was handling a flourishing business. He remained
in Philadelphia, and from then managed an...
Dates:
1881-1897
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
Alex Agassiz Collection
Collection — Box: small accessions 2
Identifier: ANSP-2010-194
Dates:
1940's
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