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A beautiful Faun, American

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

January 23, 1792

Primary Source Reference:

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 23 Jan 1792

Additional Source Text:

Also listed in New-York Daily Gazette, 28 Jan 1792 and Argus (Boston), 10 Feb 1792

Notes:

Probably the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Titian Ramsay Peale encountered this species while accompanying the Long Expedition in 1819-1820; his drawing his pictured here.

Peale's Common Name:

Faun

Current Common Name:

White-tailed deer