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Engraving of fish species "Ictiobus tumidus, Pytchostomus albidus, Luxilus leptosomus"

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Object Details

publisher

U.S. Army

author

Girard, Charles

original artist

Richard, John H.

graphic artist

Dougal, William H.

printer

Wendell, Cornelius

author

Emory, William H.

publisher

U.S. Department of the Interior

Description (Brief)

William Dougal (1822–1895) of Washington, D.C. engraved this print of three fish species after original sketches by John H. Richard (c.1807–1881) of Philadelphia. The engraving was printed as Plate 19 in "Ichthyology of the Boundary” by Charles Girard (1822-1895), published in Volume 2, Part 2 of the Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. The volume was printed in 1859 by Cornelius Wendell of Washington, D.C. The fish species illustrated include: Ictiobus tumidus [Grd], Ptychostomus albidus [Grd], and Luxilus leptosomus [Grd].

Description

William Dougal (1822–1895) of Washington, D.C. engraved this print of “Ictiobus tumidus [Grd], Ptychostomus albidus [Grd], and Luxilus leptosomus [Grd]”—now "Ictiobus bubalus" (Smallmouth buffalofish), "Moxostoma albidum" (Longlip jumprock), and "Notemigonus crysoleucas" (Golden shiner or Golden shiner minnow); from an original sketch by John H. Richard (c.1807–1881) of Philadelphia. The illustration was printed as Plate 19 in the “Fishes” section of the second part of volume II of the Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, written by Charles Girard (1822–1895). The volume was printed in 1859 by Cornelius Wendell of Washington, D.C.

Location

Currently not on view

date of book publication

1859

ID Number

2009.0115.067

catalog number

2009.0115.067

accession number

2009.0115

Object Name

print

Object Type

Engraving

Other Terms

print; Engraving

Physical Description

paper (overall materials)
ink (overall materials)

Measurements

overall: 30.9 cm x 25.7 cm; 12 3/16 in x 10 1/8 in

Place Made

United States: District of Columbia

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-094f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_802157

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