"Contributions of Ornamental Taxidermy" Exhibition, United States National Museum
ID: SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B41_F08_002]
Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory
Form/Genre: Photographs
Date: 1884
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 08, Image No. SIA_000095_B41_F08_002
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- Presented to the United States National Museum from the New York exhibition of the Society of American Taxidermists. Figures:
- 1. "Coming to the Point" by William Temple Hornaday
- 2. "An Interrupted Dinner" by Frederic A. Lucas
- 3. Head of Caribou (presented by by Professor Henry A. Ward) by W.J. Critchley
- 4. Peacock Screen by Thomas W. Fraine
- 5. "Wounded Heron" by F.S. Webster
- 6. Dead Gull by Edwin A. Capen
- 7. Frightened Owl by John Wallace
- 8. Bald Eagle by John Wallace 9. Fox Squirrel by P.W. Aldrich
- 9. Fox Squirrel by P.W. Aldrich
- 10. Humming-Bird Group by Mr. and Mrs. George H. Hedley
- 11. Group of Gray Squirrels by Joseph Palmer
- 12. Group of Ducks by William Palmer
- 13. Grotesque Group of Frogs by J.F.D. Bailly
- 14. Frogs Skating by J.F.D. Bailly
- 15. Snowy Heron by Thomas Rowland
- 16. Portrait of Jules Verreaux by by J.F.D. Bailly
Subject
- Hornaday, William T (William Temple) 1854-1937
- Holland, W. J (William Jacob) 1848-1932
- United States National Museum
- Society of American Taxidermists
Notes
- USNM No. 2783
- SPS Copy No. 72-8168
- See "Taxidermy and zoological collecting; a complete handbook for the amateur taxidermist, collector, osteologist, museum-builder, sportsman, and traveller," by William Temple Hornaday and William Jacob Holland, 1894, Plate XVI.
Cite as
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 08, Image No. SIA_000095_B41_F08_002
Repository Loc.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Date
- 1884
- Between 1884 and 1894
Restrictions & Rights
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Topic
- Taxidermy
- Zoological models
- Zoology
- Exhibitions
- Collection and preservation
- Museums
- Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation
- Museum exhibits
Form/Genre
Photographs
Local number
SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B41_F08_002]