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Title
54. Mr. Anderson's dog Major
Description
A drawing of a black-and-white dog on rocks by the seashore. The text in the lower left of the piece notes that this was Mr. John Anderson's dog named Major and was sketched from life by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins at Andersons School of Natural History; the attached note to the drawing specifies that the dog was "drawn from life immediately prior to the execution of his sentence of Death for Insubordination to the new inhabitants of the Island".
Creator
Hawkins, B. Waterhouse (Benjamin Waterhouse), 1807-1894
Location Covered
Penikese Island (Mass.)
Source
ANSP-Coll-0803, Box 1, Folder 2
Identifier
ansp-coll-0803no54_001
Notes
Cataloging and digitizing made possible by the Getty Grant Program.
Relation
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Album
Contributing Institution
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
