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gopher

Titian Ramsay Peale, Gopher, watercolor, 21 July [1819], American Philosophical Society (Object identifier: graphics:116) / https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/pocket-gopher-arrow-rock-…

IMAGE INFORMATION

1 Gopher

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

March 23, 1821

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 112

Additional Source Text:

"Zoological Specimen . . . prepared by Titian Peale, Assistant Naturalist, for the Exploring Expedition, and deposited in the Philadelphia Museum by Major S. H. Long. Maj. U.S. Eng[ineers pursuant to instructions of the Secretary of War."

Notes:

On 23 Mar 1821 the Museum received from T. R. Peale "1 Drawing of a Gopher (unfinished)" from the Long Expedition. Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 112

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved