Alexander Lawson scrapbooks
name: label: Creator
content: Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846
topic: label: Occupation
content: Engravers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Engraving -- 19th century -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Illustration of books
label: Topic
content: Nature-printing and nature-prints
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Scrapbooks donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Malvina and Mary Lawson. Lent to the Archives of American Art for microfilming, 1955.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Engraver; Philadelphia, PA. Born 1773, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Died 1846, Philadelphia. Came to the U.S. in 1794 and went to work for Thackara & Valance of Philadelphia engraving plates for Dobson's ENCYCLOPAEDIA. He also did engravings for the supplemental (1803) volumes of the ENCYCLPOAEDIA, Wilson's AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY, (1808-1814), and Charles Lucien Bonaparte's AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS INHABITING THE UNITED STATES NOT GIVEN BY WILSON, (1825-1833).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Volumes ((on 1 partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1846]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lawsalex
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel P2 (fr. 816-1085) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Penn.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A short manuscript biography of Lawson, signed "L"; a table of contents with a colored miniature of Lawson, drawn by T. Birch; and engravings by Lawson of birds, mammals, sea shells, human anatomy, scientific machines, instruments and book illustrations.