Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Institution Building Laboratory of Natural History
- National Collections
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Engraving of a scientist sitting at a table with a taxidermied bird in front of him as he catalogs bird specimens in the Natural History Laboratory of the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle." The engraving was published in the Smithsonian Guidebook of 1857. Bird specimens litter the floor.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder: 15
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1857
- Standard number
- SIA2011-2391 or 43754A
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Interior
- Engraving
- Person, candid
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 10w x 8h ; Type of Image: Person, candid; Engraving ; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Engraving
- Visitor's Guide
- Specimens
- Cataloging
- Taxidermy
- Ornithologists
- Ornithology
- SI, Early History
- Scientists
- Birds
- Natural History Laboratory
- Natural history
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
- Record ID
- siris_sic_13021
