Correspondence between Clarence Bartlett, Philip Lutley Sclater and Balmoral Castle regarding the skin and skeleton of a giraffe and the donation of the skin to the Natural History Museum. Also telegrams from Balmoral Castle sending the Queen's condolences on the death of the giraffe and her request that it should be buried
Preservation of zoological specimens
63 Archivistische beschrijving results for Preservation of zoological specimens
Lists of drawings with numbers and names of species, including "Illustrations of Nepalese zoology"; lists of specimens sent home
Lists date, lab number, ID number, animal, specimen, request, parasite and culture
Lists date, lab number, ID number, animal, specimen, request, parasite and culture
Lists date, lab number, ID number, animal, specimen, request, parasite and culture
Lists date, lab number, ID number, animal, specimen, request, parasite and culture
Lists date, lab number, ID number, animal, specimen, request, parasite and culture
Lists specimens in the Museum, with an arrival date, whether stuffed or in spirit, country, how obtained, and occasionally who deposited them. Arrival dates are from 1827-1840. Split into three groups of animals. Some specimens are from Sir Stamford Raffles' Sumatran collection.
Correspondence between United States Lines and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the transport of animals and museum specimens to Philadelphia on the Russell R. Jones
Letter requesting specimens of lizards from North Africa