Dear all,
Hello! We are a group of PG
Museum Studies students at UCL. Currently we are carrying out a research project cooperating with the Grant Museum of Zoology, focusing on a set of
bird skins stored in red top jars (1850s or earlier). All are dry specimens, and some labelled '
From Trinidad Presented by Dr. Dallas'. For more detailed information, please see
https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2017/11/03/specimen-of-the-week-315-the-red-ancients/ .
Unfortunately, we have little information about the object biography. According to our research so far, they might have something to do with the collections of Albertus Seba, or the Lidth de Jeude Collection. We are not sure who have donated/sold the birds to the Museum, who the 'Dr. Dallas' was (though possibly William Sweetland Dallas), or when they collected these birds.
Please feel free to contact
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- bird skins stored in red top jars;
- other dry animal specimens stored in red top jars;
- animal specimens labelled 'Presented by Dr. Dallas'; or
- any other objects or documents that you find relevant.
Please feel free to share this information with people who might be of interest and/or information. We appreciate your kind help.
