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Natural history illustration.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

John Gould artwork

 Collection
Identifier: 4736
Abstract

Collection contains loose prints by John Gould.

Dates: 1830-1869.

John James Audubon artwork

 Collection
Identifier: 6721
Abstract

Collection includes loose prints from Audubon books, The birds of America (double elephant folio of 1827-1838 and a subsequent octavo edition) and The viviparous quadrupeds of North America (1846-1854), as well as later reproductions of Audubon prints.

Dates: 1829-2002,-1829-1860 (bulk)

Julia Ellen Edmonson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 41-5-1940
Scope and content Collection consists of work of Edmonson including paintings, drawings, preliminary sketches with color notes and other illustrations, also some biographical material, including pages from the Newtonian yearbook and exhibition items. Subjects of the artwork include studies in human figures, anatomy, plants (botany), insects (entomology), fish (ichthyology), oriental sculpture, Japanese and Minoan cultural items, landscapes, tractors, farm barns and others. Specific illustrations of note...
Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1912-1983,- 1920-1930.

Louis Agassiz Fuertes Artwork Project records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924079050294]
Identifier: 13-6-2145
Scope and content

Photocopies of published drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, compiled as part of a project to provide improved control and access to Fuertes' paintings and drawings in the Department of Manuscripts and University Archives.

Dates: 1982-1983.

Louis Agassiz Fuertes papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2662
Abstract

The papers of Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927), an ornithologist and a painter of birds. Includes student notes, notebooks, journals and sketchbooks; diaries; journals from expedition, many including sketches; notes; articles by and about Fuertes. The collection also contains artwork.

Dates: 1892 - 1954; Majority of material found within 1892 - 1927