Accipiter rufitorques (now Fiji Goshawk)
Accipiter rufitorques (now Fiji Goshawk)
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- Description (Brief)
- This engraved printing plate was prepared to print an image of "Accipiter rfitorques" (now Fiji Goshawk) for the publication "United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," Volume 8, Mammalogy and Ornithology, plate 2, in the edition Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1858. The engraving was produced by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson after T. R. Peale.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Plate
- plate, printing
- Object Type
- Engraving
- Date made
- 1858
- Associated Name
- Wilkes, Charles
- original artist
- Peale, Titian Ramsay
- graphic artist
- Rawdon, Wright and Hatch
- printer
- Sherman, C.
- Cassin, John
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Measurements
- overall: 43.6 cm x 28.9 cm; 17 3/16 in x 11 3/8 in
- ID Number
- 1999.0145.406
- accession number
- 1999.0145
- catalog number
- 1999.0145.406
- U.S. Exploring Expedition
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Wilkes Blocks
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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