Cereus Berlandieri
name: label: graphic artist
content: Dougal, William H.
label: original artist
content: Roetter, Paulus
label: book publisher, printer
content: Wendell, Cornelius
label: book author
content: Emory, William H.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: William Dougal (1822–1895) of Washington, D.C. engraved this print showing a cactus species “Cereus berlandieri" (common name Berlandier's hedgehog cactus) after an original illustration by Paulus Roetter (1806-1894) of St. Louis, Missouri. The illustration was printed as Plate 58 in “Cactaceae of the Boundary” by George Engelmann (1809–1884), published in Volume 2, Part 1 of the <i>Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey.</i> The volume was printed in 1859 by Cornelius Wendell of Washington, D.C.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: Subject
content: cactus
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.01369
label: catalog number
content: 01369
label: accession number
content: 1888.20627
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
label: Other Terms
content: Print; Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall materials)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall materials)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.4 cm x 26 cm; 8 1/16 in x 10 1/4 in