Sciurus douglassii (Oregon Red Squirrel)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1857
name: label: graphic artist
content: Metzeroth, R.
label: original artist
content: Richard, John H.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This tinted lithograph of “Sciurus douglassii (Oregon Red Squirrel)" was produced by R. Metzeroth (fl.1850s) after a drawing by John H. Richard (ca 1807-1881). It was printed as Plate VII in Volume XII, Book II, Part III, No. 2, Chapter III of the "Zoological Report" following page 138, by by George Suckley (1830-1869) and George Gibbs (1815-1873) in the "General Report" by Isaac I. Stevens (1818-1862) in the "Report of Explorations for a Route for the Pacific Railroad near the 47th and 49th Parallels of North Latitude, from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Puget Sound," 1855.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The volume was published as part of the "Explorations and Surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a Railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean," published as a twelve volume set in the mid-1850s to 1860. Volume 12 was printed in 1860 by Thomas H. Ford (1814-1868).
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.18197
label: accession number
content: 160764
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plate, printing
label: Object Name
content: plate, printing
label: Object Name
content: plate, printing
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 10 in; 33.02 cm x 25.4 cm