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13th & K Street, Washington, D.C.

Maker:
Peale, Titian Ramsay  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 7 in x 9 in; 17.78 cm x 22.86 cm
image: 4 1/4 in x 5 7/8 in; 10.795 cm x 14.9225 cm
Object Name:
photograph
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
1860
Subject:
City landscape  Search this
Architecture, Domestic Buildings  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Jacqueline Hoffmire
ID Number:
PG.66.24.23
Catalog number:
66.24.23
Accession number:
263090
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Titian Ramsey Peale Collection
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-b1ec-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1815927

Accipiter rufitorques (now Fiji Goshawk)

Associated Name:
Wilkes, Charles  Search this
Original artist:
Peale, Titian Ramsay  Search this
Graphic artist:
Rawdon, Wright and Hatch  Search this
Printer:
Sherman, C.  Search this
Author:
Cassin, John  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 43.6 cm x 28.9 cm; 17 3/16 in x 11 3/8 in
Object Name:
Plate
plate, printing
Object Type:
Engraving
Place made:
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Date made:
1858
Related event:
U.S. Exploring Expedition  Search this
ID Number:
1999.0145.406
Accession number:
1999.0145
Catalog number:
1999.0145.406
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Wilkes Blocks
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-2d3a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_600645
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Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains : performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War, under the command of Major Stephen H. Long / from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party ; compiled by Edwin James, botanist and geologist for the expedition ; in two volumes, with an atlas

Title:
Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains
Expedition to the Rocky Mountains DSI
Major Long's expedition to the Rocky Mountains DSI
Long's Expedition DSI
Author:
James, Edwin 1797-1861  Search this
Long, Stephen Harriman 1784-1864  Search this
Say, Thomas 1787-1834  Search this
Long, Stephen Harriman 1784-1864  Search this
Say, Thomas 1787-1834  Search this
United States War Department  Search this
Illustrator:
Peale, Titian Ramsay 1799-1885  Search this
Seymour, Samuel active 1797-1822  Search this
Engraver:
Delleker, George  Search this
Young, J. H (James Hamilton)  Search this
Childs, Cephas Grier 1793-1871  Search this
Lawson, Alexander 1773-1846  Search this
Kearny, Francis 1785-1837  Search this
Hay, William  Search this
Young & Delleker  Search this
Former owner:
Harrington, S. DSI  Search this
Paulding, James Kirke 1778-1860 DSI  Search this
Gage, Henry DSI  Search this
Dwight, Jonathan 1858-1929 DSI  Search this
Tucker, Marcia Brady DSI  Search this
Norton, John T. active 1823 DSI  Search this
Jenkins, John Carmichael 1809-1855 DSI  Search this
Woodstock Library DSI  Search this
Subject:
Long, Stephen Harriman 1784-1864 Travel  Search this
James, Edwin 1797-1861 Travel  Search this
Say, Thomas 1787-1834 Travel  Search this
Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820)  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 atlas volume (4 pages, [14] leaves of plates : illustrations (1 color), maps ; 31 cm)
Type:
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Place:
West (U.S.)
United States
Ohio River
Date:
1822
1823
1822-1823
Topic:
Discoveries in geography--American  Search this
Languages  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
F592 .J28 1822
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_110368

American Antelope, (painting)

Title:
Antelope (Gazelle), (painting)
Painter:
Peale, Titian Ramsay 1799-1885  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
American Philosophical Society 104 South Fifth Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19106-3387
Date:
Ca. 1821-1822
Topic:
Animal--Antelope  Search this
Landscape  Search this
Control number:
IAP 84070070
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_222047

American Bison Bull, (painting)

Painter:
Peale, Titian Ramsay 1799-1885  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1819
Topic:
Animal--Buffalo  Search this
Control number:
IAP 83660001
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_209324

American Eagle, (painting)

Painter:
Peale, Titian Ramsay 1799-1885  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Sotheby Parke Bernet New York New York
Topic:
Animal--Bird--Eagle  Search this
Control number:
IAP 61513351
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_95547

American Philosophical Society selected records

Creator:
American Philosophical Society  Search this
Names:
Artists' Fund Society  Search this
Artists' and Amateurs' Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Columbian Society of Artists  Search this
Society of Artists of the United States  Search this
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848  Search this
Audubon, Victor Gifford, 1809-1860  Search this
Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824  Search this
Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844  Search this
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790  Search this
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815  Search this
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826  Search this
Kane, John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858  Search this
Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903  Search this
Ord, George, 1781-1866  Search this
Patterson, Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854  Search this
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827  Search this
Peale, Franklin, 1795-1870  Search this
Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this
Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885  Search this
Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851  Search this
Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939  Search this
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this
Vaughan, John, 1756-1841  Search this
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820  Search this
Extent:
3 Microfilm reels (3 partial microfilm reels)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Microfilm reels
Date:
1784-1954
Scope and Contents:
The microfilmed American Philosophical Society selected records contain art related letters; committee reports; registrar's and curators' records; pamphlets; and exhibition catalogs from the archives of the American Philosophical Society. Many of the letters are to the Society's secretary and librarian John Vaughan; a few are to the Society's presidents Thomas Jefferson and Peter S. Du Ponceau, and officials John K. Kane and J. Peter Lesley. Among the correspondents are Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin West, Charles Willson Peale, Jacob Perkins, Philip Tidyman, Charles B. Lawrence, John Trumbull, Thomas Sully, Joseph Delaplaine, Robert Patterson, John Quincy Adams, Titian Ramsay Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Joel Roberts Poinsett, Victor G. Audubon, and Robert Fulton.

Also included are copies of the registrar's cards for portraits and busts owned by the Society, arranged alphabetically by sitter; "Preliminary Notes, Biographical Sketches, and Memoranda chronologically arranged, for insertion in the Curator's Catalog of Portraits, Busts, and Bas-Reliefs in the Collection of the American Philosophical Society. Illustrated by photographs taken from the originals by Mrs. Julius A. Sachese, member APS"; circa 25 exhibition catalogs and pamphlets (1811-1840) for exhibitions of the Society of Artists of the United States, Columbian Society of Artists, Artists' Fund Society, Artists' and Amateurs' Association, and for works by Thomas Sully, Gilbert Stuart, Benjamin Robert Haydon, Joseph Delaplaine, and others; and newspaper clippings (1917) about the controversy surrounding portraits by Albert Rosenthal hung in Independence Hall (reel P36, frames 372-401).
Biographical / Historical:
The American Philosophical Society (founded 1743) is a scholarly organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Benjamin Franklin, the American Philosophical Society "promotes useful knowledge" through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.
Related Materials:
The American Philosophical Society holds the American Philosophical Society archives, 1743-1984.
Provenance:
Microfilmed for the Archives of American Art, 1955. The letters are mainly American Philosophical Society records, but many were pulled from ASP's Misc. Mss. and various other collections, and microfilmed in no apparent order. Descriptive cards microfilmed with each letter indicate location of originals.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Topic:
Portraits -- Private collections -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Function:
Arts organizations -- Pennsylvania
Learned institutions and societies
Identifier:
AAA.amerphil
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c176adef-5e2c-4a3e-b4b9-b86acb745b22
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-amerphil

American Philosophical Society selected records, 1784-1954

Creator:
American Philosophical Society  Search this
Subject:
Rosenthal, Albert  Search this
Ord, George  Search this
Patterson, Robert M. (Robert Maskell)  Search this
Peale, Charles Willson  Search this
Peale, Franklin  Search this
Peale, Rembrandt  Search this
Peale, Titian Ramsay  Search this
Poinsett, Joel Roberts  Search this
Sully, Thomas  Search this
Vaughan, John  Search this
West, Benjamin  Search this
Adams, John Quincy  Search this
Audubon, Victor Gifford  Search this
Delaplaine, Joseph  Search this
Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen  Search this
Franklin, Benjamin  Search this
Fulton, Robert  Search this
Jefferson, Thomas  Search this
Kane, John K. (John Kintzing)  Search this
Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter)  Search this
Artists' Fund Society  Search this
Artists' and Amateurs' Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Columbian Society of Artists  Search this
Society of Artists of the United States  Search this
Citation:
American Philosophical Society selected records, 1784-1954. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Portraits -- Private collections -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Theme:
Art organizations  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10947
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214725
AAA_collcode_amerphil
Theme:
Art organizations
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214725

American entomology, or, Descriptions of the insects of North America : illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature / by Thomas Say

Title:
American entomology
Descriptions of the insects of North America
Author:
Say, Thomas 1787-1834  Search this
Illustrator:
Peale, Titian Ramsay 1799-1885  Search this
Lesueur, Charles Alexandre 1778-1846  Search this
Wood, W. W. active 1825-1830  Search this
Engraver:
Bridport, Hugh 1794-ca. 1868  Search this
Lang, George S. b. 1799  Search this
Longacre, James Barton 1794-1869  Search this
Tiebout, Cornelius 1777-1832  Search this
Former owner:
Fischer von Waldheim, Gotthelf 1771-1853 DSI  Search this
Hay, William Perry 1872-1947 DSI  Search this
Barber, Herbert Spencer 1882-1950 DSI  Search this
Inscriber:
Middleton, A. J. DSI  Search this
Physical description:
3 volumes, [54] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
North America
Date:
1824
1828
1824-1828
Topic:
Insects  Search this
Entomology  Search this
Call number:
QL466 .S27 1824
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_907435

American ornithology, or, The natural history of birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson : with figures drawn, engraved, and coloured, from nature / by Charles Lucian Bonaparte

Title:
Natural history of birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson
Author:
Bonaparte, Charles Lucian 1803-1857  Search this
Author:
Wilson, Alexander 1766-1813 American ornithology  Search this
Engraver:
Lawson, Alexander 1773-1846  Search this
Illustrator:
Peale, Titian Ramsay 1799-1885  Search this
Rider, A.  Search this
Former owner:
Richmond, Charles Wallace 1868-1932 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
3 volumes, 21 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 41 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
United States
Date:
1825
1828
Topic:
Birds  Search this
Call number:
QL681 .B69 1825
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_310453

American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States. By Alexander Wilson; with a continuation by Charles Lucian Bonaparte, prince of Musignano. The illustrative notes, and life of Wilson, by Sir William Jardine, Bart. F.R.S.E. F.L.S. ... In three volumes

Title:
Wilson's American ornithology DSI
Wilson and Bonaparte's American ornithology DSI
Author:
Wilson, Alexander 1766-1813  Search this
Illustrator:
Gordon, John Watson- Sir 1788-1864  Search this
Peale, Titian Ramsay 1799-1885  Search this
Rider, A.  Search this
Author:
Bonaparte, Charles Lucian 1803-1857  Search this
Jardine, William 1800-1874  Search this
Ord, George 1781-1866  Search this
Engraver:
Lizars, W. H (William Home) 1788-1859  Search this
Former owner:
Chanler, Robert Winthrop 1872-1930 DSI  Search this
Tucker, Marcia Brady DSI  Search this
Subject:
Wilson, Alexander 1766-1813  Search this
Physical description:
3 volumes, 98 leaves of plates in various foliations. frontispiece (engraved portrait) color illustrations. 23 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
United States
Date:
1832
Topic:
Birds  Search this
Call number:
QL681 .W74 1832
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_443066

Aqueduct Bridge

Maker:
Peale, Titian Ramsay  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 7 3/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 19.685 cm x 24.13 cm
Object Name:
photograph
Subject:
River scenes & river life  Search this
Bridges  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Jacqueline Hoffmire
ID Number:
PG.66.21.47
Catalog number:
66.21.47
Accession number:
263090
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Titian Ramsey Peale Collection
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-5891-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1403389

Aqueduct Bridge

Maker:
Peale, Titian Ramsay  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 9 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 19.05 cm
Object Name:
photograph
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Subject:
River scenes & river life  Search this
Bridges  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Jacqueline Hoffmire
ID Number:
PG.66.21.48
Catalog number:
66.21.48
Accession number:
263090
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-592b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1403390

Aqueduct Bridge from Georgetown College grounds

Maker:
Peale, Titian Ramsay  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 7 7/8 in x 9 3/4 in; 20.0025 cm x 24.765 cm
Object Name:
photograph
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Subject:
Bridges  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Jacqueline Hoffmire
ID Number:
PG.66.25A.45
Catalog number:
66.25A.45
Accession number:
263090
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Titian Ramsey Peale Collection
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-c4c5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1815353

Aqueduct Bridge from Georgetown College grounds

Maker:
Peale, Titian Ramsay  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 7 7/8 in x 9 3/4 in; 20.0025 cm x 24.765 cm
Object Name:
photograph
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Subject:
Bridges  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Jacqueline Hoffmire
ID Number:
PG.66.25A.46
Catalog number:
66.25A.46
Accession number:
263090
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Titian Ramsey Peale Collection
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-c4c6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1815355

Arlington DC

Maker:
Peale, Titian Ramsay  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 7 1/4 in x 6 1/4 in; 18.415 cm x 15.875 cm
Object Name:
photograph
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Credit Line:
Gift of Jacqueline Hoffmire
ID Number:
PG.66.21.16
Catalog number:
66.21.16
Accession number:
263090
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Titian Ramsey Peale Collection
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-67c6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1403369

Arlington House

Maker:
Peale, Titian Ramsay  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 6 1/8 in x 7 1/8 in; 15.5575 cm x 18.0975 cm
Object Name:
photograph
Subject:
Architecture, Historic Residences  Search this
ID Number:
PG.66.25.08
Accession number:
263090
Catalog number:
66.25.08
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Titian Ramsey Peale Collection
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-6c77-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1840576

Arlington, DC

Maker:
Peale, Titian Ramsay  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 7 1/8 in x 6 1/8 in; 18.0975 cm x 15.5575 cm
Object Name:
photograph
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Credit Line:
Gift of Jacqueline Hoffmire
ID Number:
PG.66.21.15
Catalog number:
66.21.15
Accession number:
263090
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Titian Ramsey Peale Collection
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-67c5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1403368

Arresting beauty : the perfectionist impulse of Peale's butterflies, Heade's hummingbirds, Blaschka's flowers, and Sandow's body / Ellery E. Foutch

Author:
Foutch, Ellery E. (Ellery Elisabeth).)  Search this
Subject:
Peale, Titian Ramsay 1799-1885  Search this
Heade, Martin Johnson 1819-1904  Search this
Blaschka, Leopold 1822-1895  Search this
Blaschka, Rudolf 1857-1939  Search this
Sandow, Eugen 1867-1925  Search this
Physical description:
xxiv, 558 p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 22 cm
Type:
In art
Date:
2011
Topic:
Art--History  Search this
Natural history illustration  Search this
Perfection  Search this
Masculine beauty (Aesthetics)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1002330

Back of building with large shrubs

Maker:
Peale, Titian Ramsay  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 3 1/4 in; 8.255 cm
Object Name:
photograph
Subject:
Architecture  Search this
Plants  Search this
ID Number:
PG.66.25.32
Accession number:
263090
Catalog number:
66.25.32
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Titian Ramsey Peale Collection
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-6bcb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1840599

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