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Drawings, Published Plates, and Clippings, undated

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Collection ID:
SIA.FA06-280
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Dates:
undated
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
1.16 cu. ft. (2 tall document boxes)
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Descriptive Entry

Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of various drawings, published plates, and clippings. Subjects depicted include the sculptures of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa and the carvings and designs of the Haida Indians, as well as images of fishes, mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, and mollusks. Some of these images were done as part of the United Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys, while others were included in the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge series or were drawn by Augustus A. Gould, conchologist, and Theodore D. A. Cockerell, entomologist. Additionally there are clippings of a Washington Post article on the Thomas G. Hodgkins bequest to the Smithsonian Institution.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-280, Drawings, Published Plates, and Clippings

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Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison), 1805-1866 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hodgkins, Thomas G. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
United Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smithsonian Institution Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smithsonian contributions to knowledge Title Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Haida Indians Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fishes Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mammals Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Reptiles Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Birds Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Insects Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mollusks Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculpture Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (Guatemala) Place Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Clippings Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Drawings Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Plates (illustrations) Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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