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Last Name Lawson

Given Name Alexander

alt. Names A. L. ;

Marriage Elizabeth DeScaife ;

Children 5 (of 8): Malvina, Helen Elizabeth, Catherine, Oscar A., Mary

Year born 1773 in Ravenstruthers, Lanarkshire

Year died 1846

Place of death Philadelphia, USA

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Country of Activity Scotland, UK

Worked for Samuel Stehman Haldeman (1812-1880) ; Alexander Wilson (1766-1813): American Ornithology (1808-14) ; nat. Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803-57): Amer. Ornith (1825) ; Benjamin Smith Barton (1766-1815) ; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia 1771-1809) ;

Patronage

Collaborators ->Titian Ramsay Peale (1799-1885) ; Audubon ;->A. Rider ; artist Helen E. (daughter) ; artist Malvina (daughter) ; Oscar A. (son) ; ->Alexander Wilson ;

Techniques natural and ornithological drawing, etching, printing, and colour copperplate engraving ;

Sample(s) http://www.ansp.org/research/library/archives/0000-0099/lawson79/ ;

Archival sources Library of Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia ;

Published sources AKL ; Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966; Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 ## 1802, 2897, 4592, 4650 & 4782 ; Dance 1989:168 ; A. Blum: Picturing Nature 1993 ;

other Further Place of Activity: United States of America.

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