Elephant skeleton

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TITLE INFORMATION
TitleElephant skeleton
IDENTIFIERS
Legacy IdentifierAPSimg518
Negative Number377.001
ASSOCIATED NAMES
creatorPeale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
AbstractThis is an elephant skeleton copied by Peale from the following publication: Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences. v. 3, pt. 3: Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux, dressés par M. [Claude] Perrault . . . Troisième partie (Paris, 1734). Planche de l'Elephant [skeleton: pl. 23, p. 99; limb bones: pl. 24, p. 100 (part)].
Subject (lcsh) Natural history
Subject (lcsh) Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
TypeStillImage
GenreDrawings
Formatnonprojected graphic
Formatelectronic resource
Digital Originreformatted digital
Reformatting Qualitypreservation
ORIGIN INFORMATION
Date Issuedca. 1801
PARENT COLLECTION
TitlePeale-Sellers Family Collection
Call NumberMss.B.P31
ACCESS INFORMATION
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