Engraving of Stuffed Orang-utans

Summary

Illustration (Fig. 39) in "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington" of stuffed orangutans, found in the Department of Mammals, displayed in a large case as designed by chief taxidermist of the Museum, William T. Hornaday climbing on branches of a tree and engaged in a quarrel.

Subject

• Hornaday, William Temple 1854-1937
• United States National Museum
• Arts and Industries Building
• United States National Museum Dept. of Mammals
• United States National Museum Division of Mammals

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

From "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington." New York: Brentano Brothers, 1886. Page 38

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1886

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Animals
• Exhibitions
• Monkeys
• Visitor's Guide
• Department of Zoology (USNM)
• Orangutan

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Animal, candid

ID Number

95-20354

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Animal, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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