Object Details
graphic artist
Metzeroth, R.
original artist
Richard, John H.
Description (Brief)
This engraving of "Lepus trowbridgii (Brush Rabbit) was prepared by R. Metzeroth after an original drawing by John H. Richard.
The image was published as Plate XIV in Volume X, Part VI, No. 2, following page 18 in "Report Upon the Mammals of the Route," by C. B. R. Kennerly as part of the "Zoology Report, Route Near the Thirty-Fifth Parallel, Explored by Lieutenant A. W. Whipple, Topographical Engineers in 1853 and 1854." The report was published in the volume “Reports and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean ... 1853, 1856, Volume X," printed in 1859 by Beverley Tucker of Washington, D.C.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1857
ID Number
2015.0149.13
accession number
2015.0149
catalog number
2015.0149.13
Object Name
print
Object Type
Engraving
Measurements
overall: 28.6 cm x 22.5 cm; 11 1/4 in x 8 27/32 in
place made
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1802492