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John James Audubon: Science Into Art plate restoration, press and hand-applied color photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 102A

Scope and Contents

Slides of a restoration of an Audubon "Birds of America" plate and photographs of an individual hand pressing an original copper plate and applying color to "Wild Turkey, Male".

Dates

  • circa 1985

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Please contact Special Collections; materials are sometimes restricted.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box )

11 Photographic Slides

Language of Materials

English

Condition

condition reviewed 20110826 good

Related Archival Materials

Additional slides of this process and images of the exhibition can be found in PSC 89B.

General Note

Slide numbers 102-1 to 102-3C.

General Note

Previous numbers include: K13624, K13625, K13626

Creator

Title
John James Audubon: Science Into Art plate restoration, press and hand-applied color photographic slides, circa 1985
Author
Iris Lee
Date
2011-2012
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation provided support to make this finding aid available in ArchivesSpace (2016-2017). Minimal level collection record created with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Hidden Collections grant, 2010.

Repository Details

Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository

Contact:
American Museum of Natural History
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New York NY 10024 USA
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