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A specimen of Fat Pork or Pig

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

February 9, 1815

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 75

Additional Source Text:

"Its weight was 281 pounds was 9 months old, it measured 4 feet long, & 5 feet girth. the thickness of the fat & flesh on the upper part of the Rib in this specimen measures 8-3/4, the leaf fat was 4 inches thick. Raised by Mr. Jacob Walston, Burlington County N. J."

Specimen Type:

Individual parts