Payments and Expenses 1802 - 1831
TitlePayments and Expenses 1802 - 1831
ReferenceMS0012/2/3/1
Level of descriptionitem
Date1802 - 1831
Scope and ContentThe payment and expenses forms for the museum specimens for the years 1802-1831. Includes payments for, amongst other things: anatomical models in wax; a Bactrian Camel; the stuffing of animals; items purchased from the British Museum; an elephant, a baboon and a leopard; part of a whales head; 2 "fatal walrusses"; stuffing for a manatee; a horse spleen with a very large cyst, and a snake. The total bill is for £2490, 10 shillings, and 6 pence.
Extent1 Document
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Related objectsMS0012/2/3/5
Persons keyword Sir William Henry Flower, 1831-1899, Knight, zoologist, Hunterian Curator, London Hunterian Museum, British Museum, Natural History Museum
Subjectmuseum accounts, bactrian camel, baboons, leopard, whale bone, walrus, Horse, snakes
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