The First Smithsonian Collection: The European Engravings of George Perkins Marsh and the Role of Prints in the U.S. National Museum

by Helena E. Wright

Book Overview

In 1849 the Smithsonian purchased the Marsh Collection of European engravings. Not only the first collection of any kind to be acquired by the new Institution, it was also the first public print... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935623621
• ISBN13: 9781935623625
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"