Perognathus flavus (Silky Pocket Mouse), Herperomys boylii (Boyle's Wood Mouse), and Hesperomys texanus (Texas Mouse)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1857
label: date made
content: 1857
name: label: original artist
content: Richard, John H.
label: graphic artist
content: Metzeroth, R.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This engraving of "Perognathus flavus (Silky Pocket Mouse), Herperomys boylii (Boyle's Wood Mouse), and Hesperomys texanus (Texas Mouse) was prepared by R. Metzeroth after an original drawing by John H. Richard.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The image was published as Plate VIII in Volume X, Part VI, No. 2, following page 18 in "Report Upon the Mammals of the Route," by C. B. R. Kennerly as part of the "Zoology Report, Route Near the Thirty-Fifth Parallel, Explored by Lieutenant A. W. Whipple, Topographical Engineers in 1853 and 1854." The report was published in the volume “Reports and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean ... 1853, 1856, Volume X," printed in 1859 by Beverley Tucker of Washington, D.C.
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: 2015.0149.10
label: accession number
content: 2015.0149
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0149.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.6 cm x 22.5 cm; 11 1/4 in x 8 27/32 in