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Later print by Henszey based on Anthony Berger's Mathew Brady Studios photograph, February 9, 1864. The signatures of "Henszey Photo." and "O.Kohler" appear beneath the image in pencil.

Abstract

Collection contains loose prints by John Gould.

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.

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Four hand-colored ornithological engravings: "The Laughing Gull," Mark Catesby, from Birds of Colonial America, London 1784; "The Oyster Catcher," Mark Catesby, undated; "Paon de Mer," Count Georges Louis de Buffon, from the Natural History of Birds, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, ca. 1798; "La foulque," Count Georges Louis de Buffon from the Natural History of Birds, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, ca. 1798.

Scope and content Photographs of China mounted on paperboard album pages, most identified with handwritten captions in English. Includes 52 albumen prints, six with hand-coloring; four stereoviews; one watercolor of the exterior of an unidentified Chinese structure; one print of the Customs House in Shanghai, and a small pencil sketch of a temple bell. Subjects include interior and exterior views of buildings such as temples, pagodas, a Roman Catholic cathedral, the Imperial Palace, and the Great Wall. Also...