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Film, Video The First Smithsonian Collection: European Engravings of George Perkins Marsh & the Role of Prints in the National Museum

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Title

  • The First Smithsonian Collection: European Engravings of George Perkins Marsh & the Role of Prints in the National Museum

Summary

  • In her book "The First Smithsonian Collection," author Helena E. Wright discussed the 1849 purchase of the Marsh Collection, a group of European engravings and art books that formed part of the library of Vermont Congressman George Perkins Marsh. It was the first collection acquired by the institution and was the first public print collection in the United States.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2015-10-22.

Headings

  • -  Literature
  • -  smithsonian, george perkins marsh, prints, national museum, book talk, culture

Notes

  • -  Classification: Fine Arts.
  • -  Helena E. Wright.
  • -  Recorded on 2015-10-22.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689922

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. The First Smithsonian Collection: European Engravings of George Perkins Marsh & the Role of Prints in the National Museum. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-22, 2015. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689922/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. (2015) The First Smithsonian Collection: European Engravings of George Perkins Marsh & the Role of Prints in the National Museum. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-22. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689922/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. The First Smithsonian Collection: European Engravings of George Perkins Marsh & the Role of Prints in the National Museum. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-22, 2015. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021689922/>.