Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bad-Ibis_Scarlet-Ibis
Description:
Left: John James Audubon (1785–1851). Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber), Study for Havell pl. 397, ca. 1837. 1863.17.397. Right: Pierre Vase called Eskrich (ca. 1520–after 1590). Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita), Adult, ca. 1548–55. 1889.10.1.1.
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