Daniel Giraud Elliot engravings, circa 2004

Summary

Creator:
Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915
Date:
circa 2004
Extent:
2 item(s)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Daniel Giraud Elliot engravings, ms 3913, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of two hand-coloured lithographs by Joseph Smit, exhibited as part of Daniel Giraud Elliot's Pheasants of the World exhibition at Partridge, Bond Street, London, in December 2004. It also includes two printed text plates providing a classification of the "Family Phasianidae."

Biographical / historical:

Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915) was a New York-based zoologist, co-founder of the American Museum of Natural History, the American Ornithologists' Union, and the Société zoologique de France, and later curator of zoology at the Field Museum in Chicago. He authored and illustrated (with artists Joseph Wolf and Joseph Smit) several major zoological monographs, including works on pheasants, birds of paradise, cats, and primates. In 1899, he participated in the Harriman Alaska Expedition to study coastal wildlife. The National Academy of Sciences later established the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal in his honor for distinguished work in zoology or paleontology.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Pheasants.
Engravings (prints)

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Daniel Giraud Elliot engravings, ms 3913, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.