Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 4, 1817
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 86
Notes:
"Lac in its natural form as secreted by a lac insect (family Kerriidae) and encrusted on twigs." Oxford English Dictionary
Elijah L. Lawton (d. 1819) of Georgia graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1809. He served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812. Horace Mather Lippincott, The University of Pennsylvania, Franklin's College (Philadelphia, 1919), p. 211
