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Copper

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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

Medallion and note from 20th Congresso-Internacional of Americanistas., 1875-1922

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 2010.074.005.Artifact
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of three medallions, 2 small medallion storage boxes, and three notes accompany the medallions. The medals were given to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia by outside institutions including the International Congress of Americanists, The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, and the Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.

Dates: 1875-1922

Medals Presented to the Academy

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2010-074-Artifact
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three medallions, 2 small medallion storage boxes, and three notes accompany the medallions. The medals were given to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia by outside institutions including the International Congress of Americanists, The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, and the Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.

Dates: 6/21/2010