| Titian Ramsay Peale Sketches 1817-1875 (ca.480 items) B P31.15d
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Abstract
The youngest son of Charles Willson Peale, Titian Ramsay Peale was an accomplished artist, naturalist, and explorer. This
collection of ink, pencil, and watercolor sketches, with some engravings and lithographs, forms the bulk of Peale's artistic
output. The drawings can be grouped into several periods of artistic output: pre-1818 (primarily watercolors of butterflies);
from the Stephen Harriman Long Expedition to the American west in 1819-1820, on which Peale traveled as zoologist (there are
views of animals, Indians, landscapes, etc.); for his 1821-1838 interlude period, spent primarily on the east coast (insects,
animals, moose hunting in Marine, his trip to South America in 1830-1831, coin and medal designs); his period as a naturalist
on the worldwide U.S. Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, 1838-1842; from the 1849-1873 period when
he sketched around Washington, D. C. and in New Jersey; and there are more than 160 undated sketches of: animal skulls and
bones, birds, plants, fish, insects, landscapes, and zoology.
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| Index term | Reference number |
| Advocate of Science & the Annals of Natural History | 235 |
| Albatross | 261, 264, 313, 314, 321 |
| Andes (South America) | 266 |
| Antarctic | 296 |
| Antelope | 98, 99, 100, 101, 194, 195, 196, 453, 461 |
| Argus carryntas | 2, 4 |
| Badgers | 52 |
| Bangor (Me.) | 208 |
| Bats | 146, 147, 249 |
| Bears | 123, 174, 204, 205, 206, 207 |
| Bighorn sheep | 162, 163, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512 |
| Birds (otherwise unidentified) | 7, 40, 41a, 1, 84, 85, 86, 7, 88, 89, 90, 91, 95, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 119, 120, 124, 125, 126, 127, 142a, 173, 177, 182, 183, 186b, 194b, 220, 221, 222, 231, 232, 234, 236, 237, 238, 239, 241a, 242, 243, 248, 255, 257, 258, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 271, 272, 273, 274, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 288, 289, 292, 318, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 365, 376-403, 444, 445, 446, 454, 455 |
| Bison | 62, 3, 4, 5, 66, 67, 69a, 69b, 0, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, l92, 193, 447 |
| Blackbird | 95, 395 |
| Bobcat | 148, 149a, 149b, 150a, 150b, 151 |
| Bobwhite | 376, 377, 378 |
| Bogota, New Grenada (Colombia) | 225a |
| Bonaparte, C. L. (Am. Ornithology) | 175, 176, 177, 183, 231, 232 |
| Booby, Red-footed | 274 |
| Botany | 366, 367, 407, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 442 518, 519, 530 |
| Brazil | 249, 250 |
| Butterflies and moths (see also Insects, Caterpillars) | 2, 4, 8, 1, 12, 13, 6, 17, 18, 0, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 1, 32, 141, 233a-h, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 409, 432 |
| Buttonwood tree | 4 |
| Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports | 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 222 |
| Cactus flower | 8 |
| Caiacaia | 353 |
| Camera lucida | 201a&b, 495 |
| Canoe | 209, 287 |
| Cassin, John. Mammalogy and Ornithology | 252a, 345, 346, 158 |
| Castle | 520, 523b |
| Caterpillars | 9, 14, 15, 19, 0, 21, 22, 24, 25, 29, 30, 1, 406 |
| Cattle | 462, 463 |
| Ceratomia quadricornis | 0 |
| Charleston Museum (Charleston, S.C.) | 382 |
| Chickens | 379 |
| Childs & Inman (lithographers) | 447, 449 |
| Childs & Lehman (lithographers) | 453 |
| Chipmunks | 114, 115, 169 |
| Chrysalis and cocoons | 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 1, 432 |
| Cicadas (see also Insects) | 136 |
| Circular of the Philadelphia Museum | 450 |
| Coins and medals | 230, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 242 , 243 |
| Columba oceania | 280 |
| Condor | 221, 402 |
| Cook, James | 297, 298 |
| Cormorant | 288 |
| Coyotes | 66b, 152, 153, 154 |
| Cranes, Sandhill | 86, 7, 88 |
| Craven, Thomas T. | 259, 260 |
| Cuckoo, Blackbilled | 380 |
| Cutright, Paul. Lewis & Clark | 163 |
| Darley, Felix Octavius Carr (artist) | 486 |
| Deer | 5, 56, 57, 155, 156, 157, 158, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 235, 374, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 483, 484, 485, 486 |
| Deer, Black tail | 158, 235 |
| Dogs | 97, 144b |
| Dogwood, Swamp | 406 |
| Dolphin | 252 |
| Drayton, Joseph (artist) | 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355 |
| Duck | 381, 382, 383, 401 |
| Duck, Ringnecked | 401 |
| Eagle | 236, 237, 238, 239, 241a, 242, 243 |
| Eider | 355 |
| Elephant | 487 |
| Engineer Cantonment | 59, 60, 1, 84, 86, 89, 91 |
| Engravings | 51, 163, 178a, 178b, 178c, 178d-m, 379, 386, 448 |
| Ermine | 170 |
| Fawn | 5, 57 |
| Fiji | 290 |
| Finch | 384, 385, 394 |
| Florida | 179, 185 |
| Flowers (otherwise unidentified) | 35, 6, 8, 118, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 368, 404, 405, 406, 408, 409, 411, 412, 420a, 425, 427 |
| Flying Fish (ship) | 337, 339, 340 |
| Fort Sutter (Calif.) | 316a, 316b |
| Fox | 9, 50, 51, 159, 267 |
| Frigate-bird | 273, 386 |
| Gallinule | 317, 387 |
| Gallinule, American purple | 387 |
| Gazelle | 194, 195, 196 |
| Geese | 257, 318 |
| Goats | 488, 489 |
| Goldfinch | 183 |
| Gopher | 4 |
| Grasshopper | 224 |
| Grouse, Heath | 391, 392 |
| Grouse, Ruffled | 388, 389, 390 |
| Gull | 173, 322, 350 |
| Gull, Black-headed | 322 |
| Hawaii | 293, 294, 295, 297, 298 |
| Hawks | 1 |
| Honeysuckle | 408 |
| Hummingbird | 445, 446 |
| Hunting | 66a, 67a, 69a, 69b, 0, 81, 82, 220, 318 |
| Ibis, Glossy | 231, 232 |
| Iguana | 229 |
| Indians | 66a, 66b, 67a, 67b, 68a, 68b, 69a, 69b, 0, 6, 117, 209, 213, 214, 215 |
| Insects (see also Butterflies and Moths) | 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140 |
| Kestrel | 125 |
| Key West (Fla.) | 185 |
| Landscapes | 5, 142a, 142b, 143, 144a, 144b, 145, 225a, 278, 293, 294, 295, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 368, 434, 435a, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441a, 443 |
| Lizards | 223, 229 |
| Llamas | 270 |
| Magpie | 103, 104 |
| Mastodon | 171 |
| Mauna Loa | 293, 294, 295 |
| Meliphagid | 283 |
| Merlin | 329 |
| Mice | 146, 160 |
| Mink | 170 |
| Missouri River | 5, 59, 60, 1, 84, 86, 89, 91 |
| Mole, Brewer's | 7, 48 |
| Mole, Star-nose | 181 |
| Moles | 7, 48, 179, 180, 181, 184 |
| Monarch butterfly | 6, 17, 233c |
| Monkey | 401 |
| Moose | 217, 218, 219, 448, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498 |
| Mounds--Peru | 268, 269 |
| Mourning-cloak butterfly | 18 |
| Mouse, Field | 146 |
| Mule deer | 235 |
| Muskrats | 161 |
| New Jersey | 220, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 368, 435a |
| Ostrich | 393 |
| Oto Indians | 6 |
| Otter | 3 |
| Owl | 119 |
| Oystercatcher | 351 |
| Pamphila verna | 3 |
| Papilio asterios | 13 |
| Parrots | 396, 445, 446 |
| Peacock (ship) | 315 |
| Peale, Titian Ramsay (self portrait) | 457 |
| Pelican | 90, 91, 323, 397 |
| Pelican, American white | 323, 397 |
| Penguin | 289 |
| Penobscot Indians | 209, 213, 214, 215 |
| Phalarope, Wilson's | 177 |
| Philippines | 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 319, 320 |
| Pigeon | 126, 255, 279, 280, 281, 284, 292, 398 |
| Pigeon, Copper beaked | 398 |
| Plover | 176, 177 |
| Polar bear | 204, 205, 206, 207 |
| Porpoise (ship) | 338, 339 |
| Potomac River | 357 |
| Prairie hen | 399 |
| Prairie dog | 102 |
| Prisoners--Philippines | 303, 304, 305, 306 |
| Quail | 376, 377, 378, 400 |
| Rabbits | 244, 245, 499 |
| Rail | 352 |
| Ram | 500 |
| Rats | 53 |
| Salamander | 149b, 150b |
| Sandpiper | 94, 177, 231, 232, 330, 331 |
| Sandpiper, Pectorial | 231, 232 |
| Saneriuthus juglaredis | 22 |
| Santiago (Chile) | 267 |
| Saturnia drury | 12 |
| Saturnia promethea | 233d, e |
| Say, Thomas. Am. Entomology | 178a, 178b, 178c, 178d-m |
| Scissor tailed flycatcher | 124 |
| Sea Gull (ship) | 256 |
| Seagull | 234 |
| Seven Mile Beach (N.J.) | 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 368 |
| Shearwater | 282, 348, 349 |
| Sheep | 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512 |
| Shells | 3, 34 |
| Ships (see also names of ships) | 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 435b |
| Shrew mole | 179, 180, 184 |
| Skunks | 513 |
| Snails | 3, 449 |
| Snakes | 111 |
| Snipe, Red-breasted | 231, 232 |
| Snowy plover | 324 |
| South America | 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229 |
| Spears | 228a |
| Sphinx sordida | 14, 15 |
| Squirrel (see also Chipmunks) | 46, 112, 113, 114, 116, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169 |
| Steamboats | 9, 59, 60, 122, 143 |
| Storm petrel | 262, 263 |
| Storm petrel, Wilson's | 347 |
| Swallow | 108, 109 |
| Swan | 332 |
| Tahiti | 215-278, 282, 285, 286, 291 |
| Tanager, Scarlet | 85 |
| Taunoa | 291 |
| Tern, Black-footed | 325, 326 |
| Terns | 1, 7, 248, 271, 272, 325, 326, 327 |
| Tiebout, Cornelius (engraver) | 178 |
| Tierra del Fuego (Orange Bay) | 260 |
| Title Pages | 1, 450, 529 |
| Toucan | 328 |
| Tulip tree | 409 |
| Turkey | 40 |
| United Bowman (insignia) | 451, 452 |
| Violet, White | 35, 6 |
| Vulture | 221, 402 |
| Wagon | 531 |
| Walker, William M. | 251 |
| Warbler | 182a |
| Washington, William | 456 |
| Weasels | 514 |
| Western Engineer (ship) | 9, 59, 60, 143 |
| Wilkes, Charles. Narrative... | 297 |
| Willet | 333 |
| Wolf | 92, 3, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 259, 260, 266, 345, 346, 515, 516, 517 |
| Wolf, Brown | 198, 199 |
| Woodchuck | 43 |
| Woodpecker | 403 |
| Xanthidia lisa | 233g |
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Added entries
Subjects
Contributors
Genre terms
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| 1. "Lepidoptera and seas(on) of appearance" | [1817] | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 2. Argus carryntas (Butterfly) | [1817] | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 3. Pamphila verna (Moths) | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 4. Argus carryntas (Butterfly) | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 5. Three insects | [1817] | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
| 6. Insect | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 7. Gnophria vittata (insect) | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 8. Moth "Caught on 21st of' Aug." | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 9. Caterpillar "Drawn on 22nd of' Aug." | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 10. Callimorpha interrupto-marginata (insect) | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 11. Butterflies | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 12. Saturnia drury 14 Aug. (moth) | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 13. Papilio asterios and chrysalis, Aug. 23 | [1817] | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
| 14. Sphinx sordida (Caterpillar) | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 15. Sphinx sordida (Caterpillar) | [1817] | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 16. Monarch Butterfly | 1817 | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 17. Monarch Butterfly, "near Germantown " | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 18. Mourning cloak Butterfly | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 19. Two caterpillars | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 20. Ceratomia quadricornis (Caterpillar) | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 21. Two caterpillars | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 22. Saneriuthus juglaredis (Caterpillar) | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 23. Chrysalis, " Sept. 26 1817" | 1817 | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 24. Yellow moth, cocoon and caterpillar | [1817] | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
| 25. Moth, cocoon and caterpillar | [1817] | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
| 26. Chrysalis and butterfly | [1817] | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
| 27. Moth | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 28. Cocoon on leaf "Drawn September 1817" | 1817 | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 29. Bushy caterpillar "16th Sept. 1817" | 1817 | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 30. Caterpillar on leaf, "24th of Sept." | [1817] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 31. Caterpillar and chrysalis, "24th of Sept." | [1817] | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
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| 32. Butterfly profile | [1817] | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 33. Shell, "Cincinatti (Ohio)" | 1819 May 13 | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 34. Shell | [18l9 May] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 35. White violet, "Indiana..." | 1819 May 25 | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 36. White violet, "Indiana..." | 1819 May 25 | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 37. Sterna minuta (Tern) | 1819 May 28 | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 38. Cactus flower | [1819 May] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 39. Western Engineer (Steamboat) | 1819 | Ink & wash | |||||||||||||
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| 40. Turkey, "length 4 feet 8 inches" | 1819 June 3 | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 41a. Sparrow sp. "Belle fontaine ... Male | 1819 June 23 | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
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| 41b. Landscape | [1819 June 23] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 42. Catfish, "Cold water creek" | 1819 June 23 | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 43. Monax (Woodchuck) | 1819 July 5 | Pencil & ink | |||||||||||||
| 44. Pocket Gopher, "Arrow Rock [Missouri]" | 1819 July 21 | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
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| 45. "Sunset on the Missouri 370 miles..." | 1819 July 28 | Watercolor | O.S. | ||||||||||||
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| 46. Squirrel [Note: Described as Sciurus niger in T.R.P. Ms. at Am. Museum of. Nat. History] | 1819 Sept. 5 | Ink & Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 47. Brewer's mole & vole | 1819 Oct. 18 | Ink & pencil | |||||||||||||
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| 48. Brewer's mole & vole | [1819] | Watercolor, ink | |||||||||||||
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| 49. Fox | 1819 Oct. | Pencil & ink | |||||||||||||
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| 50. Fox | 1819 Oct. | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 51. Fox | [1819 Oct.] | Engraving | |||||||||||||
| 52. Badgers | [1819] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 53. Wood Rat [see James, vol. 1, 52] | [1819] | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 54. Buttonwood (Tree), "Louisville Kenty" | 1819 | Pencil | |||||||||||||
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| 55. Fawn, "Engineer Cantonment [Missouri River] | 1820 Feb. | Pencil | |||||||||||||
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| 56. Deer, "Hind foot" | 1820 Feb. | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 57. Fawn | [1820] | Watercolor | O.S. | ||||||||||||
| 58. Trout ? (fish) | 1820 Feb. | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 59. Engineer Cantonment [Missouri River] | 1820 Feb. | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 60. Engineer Cantonment [Missouri River] | 1820 Feb. | Pencil | |||||||||||||
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| 61. "Birds No. 1 Engineer Cant." F. lagopus (hawk) | 1820 Feb. | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
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| 62. Young Buffalo Bull | 1820 Feb. | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 63. Cows (Bison heads) | 1820 Feb. | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
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| 64. Bison (male) "Little Sioux River" | 1820 Feb. | Pencil | |||||||||||||
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| 65. Bison Bulls | 1820 Feb. | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 66a. Indian shooting Bison | [1820 Feb.] | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 66b. Bison attacked by coyotes | [1820 Feb.] | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 67a. Indian bison hunt | [1820 Feb.] | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 67b. Bison | [1820 Feb.] | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 68a. Indian on horseback | [1820 Feb.] | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
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| 68b. Indian girl and burro & Indian on horseback | [1820 Feb.] | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
| 69a. Braves on horseback | [1820 Feb.] | Pencil | |||||||||||||
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| 69b. Man, horse & bison | [1820 Feb.] | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 70. Bison hunt | 1820 [Feb.] | Watercolor, ink | |||||||||||||
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| 71. Bison, racing left | n.d. | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 72. Bison, front view | n.d. | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 73. Two bison | n.d. | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 74. Three bison | n.d. | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 75. Two bison | n.d. | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 76. Bison, facing left | n.d. | Pencil | Extra OS | ||||||||||||
| 77. Bison, facing right | n.d. | Pencil | O.S. | ||||||||||||
| 78. Bison, facing left | n.d. | Pencil | O.S. | ||||||||||||
| 79. Bison, grazing | n.d. | Pencil | O.S. | ||||||||||||
| 80a. Two bison, dying | n.d. | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 80b. Sketch of unidentified mechanical object | n.d. | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 81. Buffalo Kill (See Poesch, p.109, fig.48) | (c.1873) | Pencil | Extra OS | ||||||||||||
| 82. Buffalo Hunt on River Platte (Poesch, p.109) | (c.1873) | Pencil | Extra OS | ||||||||||||
| 83. River Otter | 1820 Feb. | Pencil | |||||||||||||
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| 84. Sparrow sp. "Engineer Cant" | 1820 March | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
| 85. Scarlet tanager | 1820 | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 86. Sandhill Cranes "Engineer Cantonment" | 1820 March | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 87. Sandhill Crane | [1820 March] | Watercolor | O.S. | ||||||||||||
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| 88. Sandhill Crane | [1820 March] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 89. Wood Duck (head) "Engineer Cant " | 1820 April | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 90. American White Pelican | [1820 April] | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 91. American White Pelican, "Engineer Cantt" | 1820 April | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 92. Wolf devouring deer head | 1820 April | Pencil | |||||||||||||
| 93. Wolf devouring deer head | 1820 [April] | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 94. Sandpiper sp. | 1820 May 5 | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||
| 95. Yellow headed Blackbird | 1820 May 14 | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
| 96. Ottoes (Siouan indian) | 1820 May | Watercolor | |||||||||||||
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| 97. Indian dogs | [1820 May] | Watercolor, pencil | |||||||||||||