Scope and Contents The collection includes 11 copper printing plates and 4 engravings (probably trial or artist proofs). The engraved copper plates were used to print illustrations for Oiseaux dorés ou a Reflets Metalliques, by J.B. Audebert and L.P. Vieillot, Paris: Desray, 1802. Includes two plates from Volume 1, Histoire Naturelle et Générale des Colibris, Oiseaux-Mouches, Jacamars et Promerops and 8 plates from Volume 2, Histoire Naturelle et Générale des Grimpereaux et des Oiseaux de...

Scope and Contents The Earl Lincoln Poole papers house records created by Poole in the study of ornithology and related disciplines, and his illustrations for Academy collaborations. The collection dates from 1915 to 1972 and contains paintings, illustrations, printing blocks, rough drafts, notes, maps, field notes, correspondence, index cards, photographs, slides, newspaper clippings, and ephemera. These materials document Poole's work as an illustrator for Academy ornithologists, his efforts to document the...

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John Hubley Schall earned his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College in 1893. Materials represent the life and work of Dr. Schall, his wife, Nina Schall, M.D. (Cornell Medical School, 1906) and probably their son, John Schall, also a physician, who likely owned some of the journals in the collection. Materials in the collection include photographs, illustrations, correspondence, notes, lectures and speeches, and publications.

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Terence M. Shortt was a Canadian artist who worked most of his life for the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada. He made more than 30 expeditions worldwide in connection with the preparation of natural history exhibitions for the museum. The field notebooks, all disbound, are filled with his illustrations; the collection also includes sketches, finished drawings, and Christmas cards.

Given to the Academy by the artist in 1983-1984; archived in 1987

Overview Born in Scotland and educated as a teacher, botanist and horticulturist, Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859) moved to Philadelphia in 1807. On May 16, 1824, when Nuttall embarked at Liverpool for a trip to Boston, a young companion, Joseph Whitfield (aged sixteen, laborer), was with him. He was probably the son of Nuttall's Uncle's farmer, Thomas Whitfield, and it is likely that Joseph came to America as an assistant to Nuttall. The collection consists of 3 pencil drawings by Joseph Whitfield,...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of 487 natural history drawings in watercolor, wash, ink, gauche, and tempera, primarily created between 1834 and 1936. The majority of subjects are birds, but mammals are also included. The collection is made up of 220 drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, 1874-1927, 71 by John L. (John Livesy) Ridgway (b. 1859), 63 by Robert J. Sim, 29 by W. T. Allan, 27 by Ernest Thomas Seton (1860-1946), 13 by Allan Brooks (1869-1946), 11 by D. Darling, 8 by Earl L. Poole, 5 by...

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Dr. William Smith-Vaniz was on the Academy's Ichthyological Department staff from 1972-1991, serving as curator from 1975-1991. These illustrations were created to accompany papers published in the Academy's journals.

Transferred to the Academy archives by Dr. Smith-Vaniz in 1990.

Scope and Contents These four quarto sized volumes contain 58 pages of watercolors, each page measuring 34 x 27 cm., with varying image sizes. Each volume includes a dated title page and a contents page, handwritten in black ink, and each plate is followed by a hand written description. The watercolors are notable for the portrayal of the iridescence on the plumage of the hummingbirds, a technique invented by Baily, accomplished by the use of gold and silver leaf. A relative, John Collins, assisted Baily in...

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William Warder Cadbury was a Philadelphia Quaker doctor who spent his professional life as a medical missionary in China, where he established a garden of orchids and other plants. The paintings in this collection were commissioned by Dr. Warder from a Filipino painter known only as "Gomez." The collection includes the paintings, correspondence, writings, notes on plants, lists of species, photographs, maps, and biographical information.