Meteorites
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Augustus Ward papers relating to the Ward-Coonley collection of meteorites, 1896-[1901].
Collection
Identifier: Mss .W37
Last Night / LL "Albert Operti"
Item — Item 1: [Barcode: 100119093]
Identifier: Art Survey No. 2
Scope and Contents
Painting of the Ahnighito meteorite centered with snow and ice fields surrounding it. Inscription: LL "Peary Expedition 1896-1897/The Last Night August 31st 1896". "The Ahnighito meteorite is here shown as abandoned by Peary in 1896. Though Peary visited the meteorite in 1894, 1895, and 1896, he was not successful in removing it until 1897. Painting by Albert Operti from sketch made by him in 1896". label text. No frame.
Dates:
1896
American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192