The museum of animated nature
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815223
Item data
Title
The museum of animated nature
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Reptiles -- Crocodile
Names
Jackson, John, 1801-1848 (Engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1856 - 1858
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC REP-Cro
Subjects
Crocodiles
Skulls
Art, Egyptian
Spectacled caiman
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on image: "2128. Common crocodile. ; 2131. Egyptian tumbler on crocodile. ; 2132. From Egyptian antiquities. ; 2133. From Egyptian Antiquities. ; 2129. Common crocodile. ; 2127. Cervical plates of crocodile. ; 2126. Skulls of crocodile and caiman. ; 2130. Common crocodile." Printed on border: "81"
Source Note: The pictorial museum of animated nature. (London : Knight, 1856-1858).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 34 x 23 cm. (13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17236710
Barcode: 33333159415609
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7ad631e0-c562-012f-b3e3-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1856
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The museum of animated nature" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1856 - 1858. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7ad631e0-c562-012f-b3e3-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1856 - 1858). The museum of animated nature Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7ad631e0-c562-012f-b3e3-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The museum of animated nature" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7ad631e0-c562-012f-b3e3-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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