Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 31, 1795
Primary Source Reference:
New-York Gazette, 31 Aug 1795
Notes:
Palisot de Beauvois, a French naturalist, collaborated with Charles Willson Peale in composing the Museum catalogue in 1795-1796 before returning to France in 1798 and resuming his role in that nation's scientific circles. (Selected Papers, 2, part 1: 101n)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
