Paleontology, (Cretaceous), Plate 6
date: label: date of book publication
content: 1859
name: label: original artist
content: Meek, F. B.
label: graphic artist
content: Dougal, William H.
label: book publisher, printer
content: Wendell, Cornelius
label: author of book
content: Emory, William H.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: William Dougal (1822–1895) of Washington, D.C. engraved this print "Paleontology, Cretaceous, Pl. 6" after original illustrations by Smithsonian paleontologist Fielding Bradford Meek (1817-1876).
label: Description (Brief)
content: The image was published in “Paleontology and Geology of the Boundary" by paleontologist James Hall (1811 – 1898)” and published 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. Cytherea Leonensis, 2 C. Texana, 3. Arga Subelongata, 4. Cardium Multistriatum, 5 C. Congestum, 6 C.Texanum, 7 C. Filosum, 8. Cardita Eminula, 9. Corbula Occidentalis, and 10. Plicatula Incongrua.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
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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.01368
label: catalog number
content: 01368
label: accession number
content: 1888.20627
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
label: Other Terms
content: Print; Intaglio; Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall materials)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall materials)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.1 cm x 28.5 cm; 8 11/16 in x 11 1/4 in