Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 26, 1809
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 42
Notes:
The donor Silvain Godon (ca. 1774-1840) was a French mineralogist who settled in Philadelphia in 1809 and gave lectures at Peale's Museum until he had a mental breakdown in 1810, perhaps brought on by the failure of his an Rubens Peale's business venture in the mining and manufacturing of chrome yellow paint.
