Exogyra Costata Var., Exogyra Costata
date: label: date made
content: 1857-1859
label: date made
content: 1857-1859
name: label: graphic artist
content: Gavit, John E.
label: original artist
content: Meek, F. B.
label: original artist
content: Meek, F. B.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: John E. Gavit (1817-1874) of Washington, D.C. engraved this print for "Paleontology, Cretaceous, Pl. 9" after original illustrations by Smithsonian paleontologist Fielding Bradford Meek (1817-1876). The image was published in the “Paleontology and Geology of the Boundary" written by paleontologist James Hall (1811 – 1898)” in Volume 1, Part 2 of the <i>Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey.</i> The volume was printed in 1857 by A. O. P. Nicholson of Washington, D.C. The species described in the plate include: 1. Exogyra costata, and 2. Exodyra costata.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 2016.0017.01
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0017.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0017
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.6 cm x 22.8 cm; 11 1/4 in x 8 31/32 in