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Sundry curious Shells

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 28, 1789

Primary Source Reference:

Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia), 19 Aug 1789

Additional Source Text:

Notes:

Peale had painted Mrs. O'Donnell's (1766-1857) portrait in 1787. After she gave him a cockatoo he painted a portrait of her daughter Mary (b. 1790). (P&M, pp. 152-153, nos. 599, 600)

Specimen Type:

Shells

Current Scientific Name