Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 1, 1818
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 93
Additional Source Text:
"Brought by" William Maclure, George Ord, Titian Ramsay Peale, and Thomas Say.
The donor is described as "manager of the Charleston Museum."
Notes:
The 1817 Florida Expedition was the first major privately funded collecting endeavor of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The Expedition was financed and organized by the newly elected president, William Maclure, and included an Academy founder and Curator, Thomas Say, Vice President George Ord, and recently elected member Titian Ramsay Peale. See Thomas Peter Bennett, "The 1817 Florida Expedition of the Academy of Natural Sciences," Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 152 (Oct. 14, 2002): 1-21.
Félix Louis L'Herminier (1779-1833) was a French pharmacist and naturalist born in Paris. In 1798 he travelled to Guadeloupe, where he spent a number of years studying the island's flora and fauna. He later moved to Charleston, where he worked as a curator of natural history in the city museum (1816-1819). Afterwards, he resumed his scientific studies in Guadeloupe prior to returning to France in 1829.
