%eadnotat; ]> Charles Alexandre Lesueur Illustrationsca. 1804-1829 Ewell Sale Stewart Library Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002 EAD tagging 09/03/2002. ENG Charles Alexandre Lesueur Illustrations Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 09/03/2002Cataloging and digitizing made possible by The Getty Grant Program. Coll. 136B Lesueur, Charles Alexandre, 1778-1846 Illustrationsca. 1804-1829 76 items Ewell Sale Stewart Library, Academy of Natural Sciences
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Charles Alexandre Lesueur 1778-1846, once called "The Raphael of Zoological Painters," actively participated in as many occupations as archaeologist, geologist, zoologist, ichthyologist, ornithologist, lithographer and artist. He participated in Napoleon's expedition to Australia in 1800-1804, made scientific travels through Europe, the West Indies and the Eastern Coast of the United States with William Maclure, participated in the idealistic community at New Harmony, Indiana, and published and illustrated myriad scientific papers for the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. This collection consists chiefly of prints used to illustrate his and other's scientific papers, a large number of which are from his travels with Maclure. Of note is one of the earliest lithographic prints made in the United States, created while Lesueur was experimenting with the capabilities of this medium. Also of note are four original watercolors on vellum painted from sketches made during Lesueur's expedition to Australia.

Charles Alexandre Lesueur, artist and naturalist, was born on January 1, 1778, at Le Havre, France. Little is known of his childhood or education, including where he gained his training in art. Only the School of Hydrography at Le Havre, whose mission was training future naval cadets, listed classes in drawing during the period Lesueur lived there, however, it is not known whether he ever attended this school.

In the summer of 1800 Napoleon ordered the organization of an expedition to Australia in order to expand France's influence by mapping the terrain and naming the places. Lesueur enlisted as assistant gunner, since all artists' jobs were taken. After many arduous months of sickness and deaths, most of the crew of sailors, scientists, and artists was gone, including the commander in chief. In spite of these harships, Lesueur and Nicholas Martin Petit (1777-1804) carried on with the artists' tasks, while Francois Péron (1775-1810) pursued the scientific and geographic observations. Upon returning to France in 1804, Péron and Lesueur brought back a collection of over 100,000 specimens of which 2,500 were new species. Lesueur produced a series of exquisitely rendered watercolors on vellum, from drawings which he made on the trip. Lesueur and Péron were commissioned by Napoleon in 1807 to produce an account of the voyage, and published the first volume, containing forty-one plates of profiles of coasts and maps, scenes of the Australian areas, flora and fauna, and ethnographic subjects. A second volume was produced in 1816, but without the plates which Lesueur had prepared for it.

Lesueur became acquainted with William Maclure (1763-1840), an eminent geologist and one of the founders of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, while the latter was visiting Paris. Maclure was in search of a field naturalist and travelling companion on his geological tour of the West Indies and the United States. Lesueur agreed to accompany him for 2 years, and their tour brought them, via the West Indies, to the United States in May of 1816. After exploring the East Coast with Maclure, Lesueur settled in Philadelphia where he and Maclure wrote out the results of their studies. Both wrote numerous scientific papers, containing Lesueur's illustrations, appearing in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Lesueur made his engravings on copper, which he printed on his own press, supplied by Maclure. During this time of heavy publication, Lesueur became a curator for the Academy (1817) and remained so until 1825.

During this time, the American scientific press had become interested in the technique of lithographic printing. Lithography was potentially less expensive than engraving, both because limestone promised to be cheaper than copper, and because drawing directly onto the stone eliminated a step of interpration. Lesueur began experimenting with the lithographic process, and Maclure took a keen interest in Lesueur's experiments, sending Lesueur supplies from Europe. It appears that Lesueur may have been frustrated by the soft effect of his crayon lithograhs, as in 1821, he replaced a lithographic illustration for a description of fish with a copper engraving (see items 27-28). However, less than a year later, he published two lithographic prints to illustrate Cichla (see items 34-35). He continued to experiment into 1823, when he wrote to Maclure in Europe that his experiments were not making the progress he hoped for, and returned to copper engraving. It was not until his return to Paris in 1837 that Lesueur was able to devote his time to mastering the technique of lithogaphy.

In December of 1825, Lesueur traveled with Maclure to the experimental community at New Harmony, Indiana, where he spent the next 12 years of his life studying natural history and archeology, and gathering material for his proposed works. Lesueur's role in the community was manyfold: he acted as surveyor, architect, physician, artist and teacher in the community schools. He also participated in field work, and traveled with Gerard Troost (1776-1850) to sites of geological and mineralogical interest, among wich was Walnut Hills, Mississippi (now Vicksburg). From his findings on this expedition (1829), Lesueur executed a series of plates illustrating the fossils of Walnut Hills. He also found time to engrave plates for his prospectus of "American Ichthyology or Natural History of the Fishes of North America," 1827, consisting of six leaves of text and five plates (Lesueur's copy of the unfinished volume, in the museum at Havre, contains 200 pages). He was also began work on a series of plates for a proposed portfolio titled "Picturesque views of the United States of America."

Maximilian, Prinz von Wied (1782-1867), visited New Harmony in 1832-1833, and made many expeditions with Lesueur. Maximilian returned to New Harmony in June, 1834, and when he left, Lesueur accompanied him as far as Princeton, Indiana, and Vincennes. While there, Lesuer visited with Colonel Francis Vigo (1747-1836), and it was probably during this visit that Lesueur drew the portraits of Colonel Vigo and Jean Badollet (1758-1837). Later that year Lesueur's close friend and New Harmony dweller, Thomas Say (1709-1796), died. This sad news, combined with the departure of many other friends from the settlement, the French government's repeated threats to cut off his pension, and his inability to achieve publication of his work in the U.S., led to Lesueur's decision to return to France.

Lesueur returned to Europe in 1837, settling in Paris. Here he devoted his time to scholarly activities at the Paris Museum, giving painting instruction, and mastering the technique of lithography. He was presented with the honor of Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneur as recognition of his years in service of science, and was named curator of the newly reestablished museum at Le Havre in March of 1846. He died on December 12, 1846, and is buried at Le Havre.

This collection of 76 drawings and prints covers many of Lesueur's natural history travels across the globe. It consists of 8 series:

1. Drawings and Paintings: Includes 4 watercolors on vellum, painted from drawings which Lesueur made while on the expedition to Australia, 1800-1804, depicting jellyfish, black leopards, and a black cocatoo. Also includes 7 original drawings used to illustrate articles in JANSP (mainly depicting fossil shells of Maryland, but also including Belona crocodila, fish and insects), and 1 illustration for Thomas Say's American Entomology.

2. Australia Prints: 11 intaglio prints made from Lesueur's drawings of the expedition to Australia, 1800-1804. The prints depict aboriginal weapons, accouterment, wildlife, and city plans.

3. JANSP Prints: Fifteen intaglio prints and lithographs made to illustrate articles appearing in The Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (JANSP) (mainly depicting fish from America and the West Indies). Includes one of the earliest known lithographs (item 27).

4. Mississippi Prints: Twelve prints most likely intended for Lesueur's proposed portfolio of "Picturesque views of the United States of America". The original drawings were probably made ca. 1828.

5. American Ichthyology Prints: Three plates from Lesueur's prospectus for American Ichthyology or Natural History of the Fishes of North America, New Harmony, 1827. Lesueur's copy of the unfinished volume is in the museum at Havre.

6. Walnut Hills Prints: A series of twelve prints of fossils from Vicksburg, Mississippi (Walnut Hills) which Lesueur drew and described for a portfolio that was never published. This work is one of the earliest geological investigations made in Mississippi. Fossils illustrated in these plates include foraminifers (plates 1, 2, 9, and 12), corals (1, 4), bryozoans (1,4), gastropods (5-9), bivalves (8, 10-12) a crab claw (4), echinoids (1, 4) shark teeth (2, 3) ray teeth (2), and manatee ribs (2,3). Lesueur's illustrations are far superior to those of Conrad (1848), and are easily identifiable as to their species. A large proportion of these illustrations figure species in multiple views. Bivalves generally are drawn to show the hinge as well as the exterior of the shell and are sometimes drawn in cross-section to show the inflation of the valves. Enlargements of corals and bryozoans depict the microstructure respectively of their septa and zooecia. A large number of small species including the foraminifers, byrozoans, enlargements of the corals, some gastropods, and some bivalves were drawn with the use of a magnifying device. The fauna illustrated by Lesueur was collected largely from the Mint Spring and Byram Formations of the Vicksburg Group (Lower Oligocene). The measured section of plate 1 probably represents the earliest detailed geological investigation in Mississippi.

7. Portraits: Three lithographic portraits of Francis Vigo, 1747-1836, Jean Badollet, 1758-1837, and J. Barabino.

8. Reproductions: Five photocopies and one photograph of drawings made by Lesueur while in New Harmony.

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Cite as: Collection 136B. Charles Alexandre Lesueur Illustrations. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

Lithographs of Mississippi, presented by M. Edouard Quesnet through Mr. George Ord, Dec. 1855. Oversized prints and drawings presented by Virginia Dupalais Twigg, descendant of Lesueur's friends from New Harmony, Dec. 1935, 1946. Undefined items, gift of C.A. Lesueur, 1837.

Finding aid by Mary Hammer, 2002; digitizing by Sarah Rice, 2002.

Lesueur Printing Plates (Coll. 938) contains copper and zinc plates used to illustrate the first series of JANSP.

Dockery, David T. "Lesueur's Walnut Hills fossil shells." Mississippi Geology 2 (1982):7-13. Phillips, Maurice E. "An unpublished fish plate by Lesueur." Notulae Naturae 267 (1955): 1-4. Bonnemains, Jacqueline. Baudin in Australian waters. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1988. Elliott, Josephine Mirabella. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur: Premier naturalist and artist. Vail, R.W.G. The American sketchbooks of Charles Alexandre Lesueur. Worcester : American Antiquarian Society, 1938. Weimerskirch, Philip J. "Lithographic stone in America." Printing History Journal 11 (1989): 2-14. Drawings and Paintings

Includes 4 watercolors on vellum, painted from drawings which Lesueur made while on the expedition to Australia, 1800-1804. Also includes 7 original drawings used to illustrate articles in JANSP, and 1 illustration for Thomas Say's American Entomology.

1 OSAequoria pleuronota, [between 1804-1815]. 1 drawing on vellum : watercolor ; image 6 x 23 cm., on sheet 27 x 42 cm.

Depicts 3 views of the jellyfish.

2 OSAequoria undulata, [between 1804-1815]. 1 drawing on vellum : watercolor ; image 9 x 23 cm., on sheet 27 x 42 cm.

Depicts 3 views of the jellyfish.

3 OS[Black cocatoo] / C.A. LeSueur, [1824?] 1 painting on vellum : watercolor ; 33 x 48 cm.

Signed lower right.

"W.A. Twigg New Harmony Ind" -- on item, lower left, in an unidentified hand.

"Painted by C.A. Lesueur 1824" -- on item, lower right, in an unidentified hand.

4 OS[Black leopards] / C.A. LeSueur, [between 1804-1815]. 1 painting on vellum: watercolor ; 33 x 48 cm.

Signed lower left.

"W.A. Twigg, New H" -- on item, lower left, in an unidentified hand.

5[Fossil shells], [1824?]. 1 drawing : pencil and ink on paper ; 23 x 15 cm.

5 numbered studies on one sheet, 2 pasted on: 1. Turritella plebeia 2. Natica interna 3. Buccinum porcinum 4. _ aratum 5. Fusus 4-costatus 6. Dispotaea grandis 7. Fusus cinereus.

Say, Thomas. "An account of some of the fossil shells of Maryland." JANSP 4 (1824): pl. 7.

Coll. 938 contains copper printing printing plate.

6[Fossil shells], [1824?]. 1 drawing : pencil and ink on paper ; 23 x 15 cm.

5 numbered studies on one sheet: 1. Fissurella redimicula 2. Ostrea compressirostra 3. Dentalium attenuatum 4. Serpula granifera.

JANSP 4 (1824): pl. 8.

Coll. 938 contains copper printing printing plate.

7[Fossil shells], [1824?]. 1 drawing : pencil and ink on paper ; 23 x 15 cm.

7 numbered studies on one sheet: 1. Pecten jeffersonius 2. _ clintonius 3. _ septenarius 4. _ Plicatula marginata 5. Astarte undulata 6. _ vicina

JANSP 4 (1824): pl. 9.

Coll. 938 contains copper printing printing plate.

8[Fossil shells], [1824?]. 1 drawing : pencil and ink on paper ; 23 x 15 cm.

10 studies pasted on one sheet: 1. Arca arata 2. _ centenaria 3. _ incile 4. Pectunculus subovatus 5. Nucula laevis 6. _ concentrica 7. Tellina aequistriata 8. Lucina contracta

JANSP 4 (1824): pl. 10.

Coll. 938 contains copper printing printing plate.

9[Fossil shells], [1824?]. 1 drawing : pencil and ink on paper ; 23 x 15 cm.

4 numbered studies on one sheet: 1. Lucina cribraria 2. Corbula cuneata 3. _ inequale 4. Panopaea reflexa

JANSP 4 (1824): pl. 13.

Coll. 938 contains copper printing printing plate.

10Paradoxus boltoni, [1825?]. 1 drawing : ink and watercolor on paper ; 18 x 18 cm.

"The points round the border must be represented very clearly & neatly. There is a perpendicular straight edge at the top sketched in pencil this must be given very lightly. There must be no short lines like scratches farther from the outer border than the pencil line at 0 - near the bottom." -- on item, right of image.

Bigsby, J.J. "Description of a new species of trilobite." JANSP 4 (1824): pl. 23.

See also item 37.

Coll. 938 contains copper printing printing plate.

11[Mantispa brunnea], [1824?]. 1 drawing : pencil and watercolor on paper ; 25 x 16 cm.

7 studies, including details of wings, legs and head, on one sheet.

"Pl 25" -- on item.

Say, Thomas. American Entomology, vol. 2, pl. 5.

11a[Belona crocodila], n.d. 1 drawing : pencil ; 19 x 29 cm.

The drawing was used to engrave an unpublished plate, intended for Lesueur's "Observations on several genera and species of fish, belonging to the natural family of the Esoces." JANSP 2 (1821): 124-138.

For more information, see: Phillips, Maurice E. "An unpublished fish plate by Lesueur." Notulae Naturae 267 (1955): 1-4.

Includes an ink drawing made by Maurice E. Phillips of Lesueur's unpublished plate for publication in Notulae Naturae (above).

Coll. 938 contains zinc printing plate.

Australia Prints

11 intaglio prints made from Lesueur's drawings of the expedition to Australia, 1800-1804.

12 OS[Aboriginal drawings] / c.A.L., [between 1804 and 1815]. 1 print : engraving ; plate mark 25 x 32 cm.

Depicts 9 drawings, probably Aboriginal rock carvings.

13 OSPlan de la ville de Sydney, capitale des colonies anglaises, aux terres Australes / levé par Lesueur ; Cloquet sculp., 1802. 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 25 x 32 cm.

"J. Milbert direx" -- on item, lower middle.

"II" -- on item, upper right.

Includes a numbered key to the areas.

14 OSTerre de diémen et Nouvelle-Hollande / C.A. Lesueur del. ; Fortier sculp., [between 1804 and 1815]. 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 25 x 32 cm.

"III" -- on item, upper right.

"J. Milbert direx" -- on item, lower middle.

"De l'Imprimerie de Langlois" -- on item, lower middle.

Includes a numbered key.

15 OSTerre de diémen armes et ornemens / C.A. Lesueur del. ; Dien sculp., [between 1804 and 1815]. 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 31 x 24 cm.

"XIII" -- on item, upper right.

"J. Milbert direx" -- on item, lower middle.

"De l'Imprimerie de Langlois" -- on item, lower middle.

Includes a numbered key.

16 OS[Terre de diémen armes et ornemens], [between 1804 and 1815]. 1 print : intaglio ; sheet 31 x 24 cm.

Proof print with plate mark trimmed.

17 OSNouvelle-Hollande vases, armes, pêche / C.A. Lesueur del. ; Dien sculp., [between 1804 and 1815]. 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 32 x 24 cm.

"XXII" -- on item, upper right.

"J. Milbert direx" -- on item, lower middle.

"De l'Imprimerie de Langlois" -- on item, lower middle.

Includes a numbered key.

18 OSNouvelle-Hollande : Île king / C. A. Lesueur del. ; Canu sculp., [between 1804 and 1815]. 1 print : intaglio, colored ; plate mark 24 x 33 cm.

Title continues: "Dasyure de lacépède. (Dasyurus cepedianus N.) Quart de grandeur".

"XXXIII" -- on item, upper right.

"J. Milbert direx" -- on item, lower middle.

"De l'Imprimerie de Langlois" -- on item, lower middle.

Jackals?

19 OSNouvelle-Hollande : Ile decrès / C.A. Lesueur del. ; Choubard sculp., [between 1804 and 1815]. 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 24 x 32 cm.

Title continues: "Rhinolophe cruménifère (Rhinolophus crumeniferus N.)".

"XXXV" -- on item, upper right.

"J. Milbert direx" -- on item, lower middle.

"De l'Imprimerie de Langlois" -- on item, lower middle.

Bats.

20 OSPhisique : Thermobatomètre ou appareil pour mesurer la température de la Mer à de grandes profondeurs / C.A. Lesueur del. ; Tétard sculp., [between 1804 and 1815]. 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 24 x 32 cm.

"XL" -- on item, upper right.

"J. Milbert direx" -- on item, lower middle.

"De l'Imprimerie de Langlois" -- on item, lower middle.

21 OSAfrique Australe / C.A. Lesueur del. ; Testard sculp., [between 1804 and 1815]. 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 32 x 24 cm.

Title continues: "Bastâard=Hottentot Revêtu de ses habits de peau de Mouton."

"Testard sculp." has been crossed out and replaced with "Lambert" in pencil.

"J. Milbert, direx" -- on item, lower middle.

"De l'Imprimerie de Langlois" -- on item, lower middle.

"LXXVIII" -- on item, upper right.

22 OS[Weapons], [between 1804 and 1815]. 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 24 x 32 cm.

Proof.

JANSP Prints

Fifteen intaglio prints and lithographs made to illustrate articles appearing in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (JANSP). Includes one of the earliest known lithographs.

23C. elongataus / C.A. LeSueur del. & sculp., [1817?] 1 print : engraving ; plate mark 13 x 20 cm.

Say, Thomas."An account of the crustacea of the United States." JANSP 1 (1817):98-111.

24C. macrolepidotus / LeSueur de. & scul., [1817?] 1 print : engraving ; 13 x 20 cm.

Lesueur. "A new genus of fishes, of the order abdominales ... " JANSP 1 (1817):88-111.

25Duméril : shark / C.A. LeSueur del. inci. & impr., [1818?] 1 print on brown paper : engraving, stipple ; sheet 14 x 22 cm.

Margins trimmed with plate mark partially removed.

Lesueur. "Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes." JANSP 1 (1818):222-235.

26Omitted in numbering. 27B. argalus ; B. truncata / lithog by C.A. L[esuer], [1821]. 2 prints : lithograph ; 23 x 29 cm.

Accompanied by a note, dated May 21, 1957, explaining the print's significance as one of the earliest examples of lithographs published in America.

Intended for C.A. Lesueur's article "Observations on several genera and species of fish, belonging to the natural family of the Esoces." JANSP 2 (1821): 124-138. Lesueur was unsatisfied with the print, and replaced it with a copper engraving which went into most of the published volumes.

See also item 28.

28B. argalus ; B. truncata. [1821]. 1 print : engraving ; plate mark 26 x 20 cm.

Lesueur. "Observations on several genera and species of fish, belonging to the natural family of the Esoces." JANSP 2 (1821): 124-138.

See also item 27.

29L. barlingii / C.A. Lesueur del. et sc., [1821?] 1 print : engraving ; 20 x 13 cm.

Lesueur, "Descriptions of several new species of cuttle-fish." JANSP 4 (1821):86-101, pl. 7.

30Exocetus / C.A. Lesueur del. & sculp., [1821?] 1 print : engraving ; plate mark 20 x 15 cm.

Title continues: "1. E. Nuttallii 2. E. Fasciatus".

Lesueur. "Description of two new species of Exocetus." JANSP 4 (1821):8-11, pl. 4.

31-32Molienisia : M. latipinua / C.A. Lesueur del. & sculp., [1821?]2 prints : engraving ; plate mark 20 x 14 cm.

LeSueur. "Description of a new genus, and of several new species of fresh water fish ... "JANSP 4 (1821):2-11, pl. 3.

33Poecilia : P. Multilineata / C.A. Lesueur de. & sculp., [1821?]1 print : engraving ; plate mark 20 x 14 cm.

LeSueur. "Description of a new genus, and of several new species of fresh water fish ... "JANSP 4 (1821):2-11, pl. 1.

34Cichla aenea / C.A. Lesueur deli. 1 print mounted on cardboard : lithograph ; 13 x 24 cm.

JANSP 1822.

Considered by Joseph Jackson and George Echardt to be the first good lithograph in the U.S. (Antiques, Dec. 1935).

 35Cichla aenea ; Sc. oscula / C.A. Lesueur deli. 6 prints : lithograph ; 27 x 24 cm. 36Cyclura carinata / W.W. Wood del. ; F. Kearny, Sc., [1825?] 1 print : engraving ; plate mark 14 x 22 cm.

Harlan, Richard. "Description of two species of Linnean Lacerta ... " JANSP 4 (1825):242-251, plate 15.

 37Paradoxus boltoni / C.A. Lesueur delin., [1825?] 1 print : engraving ; 23 x 14 cm.

Bigsby, J.J. "Description of a new species of trilobite." JANSP 4 (1825):365-368, plate 23.

See also item 10.

Coll. 938 contains original printing plate.

38[Agama cornuta] / drawn by A. Rider ; engraved by A. Lawson. [1824?]1 print : engraving ; plate mark 25 x 17 cm.

Harlan, R. "Description of two new species of agama." JANSP 4 (1825):296-304, pl. 20.

 39Neotoma floridana / drawn by C.A. Lesueur ; engraved by A. Lawson, [ca. 1950]. -- Philad[elphi]a. 1 print : engraving ; sheet 19 x 27 cm.

"(on reverse of mounting) Print run off in 1950's from original Lesueur copperplate engraving. Print made by Sterling (now deceased)(note undated)" -- pencilled on verso.

T. Say and G. Ord. "A new genus of mammalia proposed, and a description of the species upon which it is founded." JANSP 4 (1825):345-349, pl. 21.

Coll. 938 contains copper printing printing plate.

Mississippi Prints

Twelve prints most likely intended for Lesueur's proposed portfolio of "Picturesque views of the United States of America". The original drawings were probably made ca. 1828.

Accompanied by a note: "Lithographs by late C.A. Lesueur illustrating the Mississippi & its tributaries - Presented Dec. 1855 by M. Edouard Quernet through Mr. George Ord".

40Natchez, n.d. 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 25 cm. 41Mississippi : Memphis, n.d. 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 25 cm. 42Mississippi : Chalk banks, n.d. 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 25 cm. 43Mississippi : Randolph / Imp. Lemercier, n.d. 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 25 cm. 44Mississippi : Peut gulf / C.A. Lesueur del., n.d. 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 25 cm. 45Mississippi : Iron bank, n.d. 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 25 cm. 46Mississippi : Lake Pont-Chartrain / Imp. Lemercier, n.d. 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 25 cm. 47Confluent : Ohio, Mississippi / C.A. Lesueur del, n.d. 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 25 cm. 48Mississippi : Loftus heights et fort Adams / C.A. Lesueur del., n.d. 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 25 cm. 49Mississippi : Walnut Hills, n.d. 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 25 cm. 50Mississippi : Grand Gulf / Imp. Lemercier, n.d. 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 25 cm. 51Mississippi : Ellis's cliffs, n.d. 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 25 cm. American Ichthyology Prints

Three plates from Lesueur's prospectus for American Ichthyology or Natural History of the fishes of North America, New Harmony, 1827. Lesueur's copy of the unfinished volume is in the museum at Havre.

Includes a photocopy of the advertisement for American Ichthyology in the New Harmony Gazette.

52Acipenser brevirostrum / C.A. LeSueur de inc. & imp., [1827?] 1 print : intaglio, colored ; plate mark 13 x 20 cm.

Includes 4 numbered fishes.

53Acipenser oxyrinchus / C.A. Lesueur deli. inci., [1827?] 1 print : intaglio, colored ; plate mark 13 x 20 cm.

54Acipenser rubicundus / C.A. LeSueur deli. & sculp., [1827?] 1 print : intaglio, colored ; 13 x 20 cm.

Includes 2 numbered fishes and 3 detail views.

Walnut Hills Prints

Twelve prints of fossils from Vicksburg, Mississippi (Walnut Hills) which Lesueur drew and described for a portfolio that was never published. This work is one of the earliest geological investigations made in Mississippi. Fossils illustrated in these plates include foraminifers (plates 1, 2, 9, and 12), corals (1, 4), bryozoans (1,4), gastropods (5-9), bivalves (8, 10-12) a crab claw (4), echinoids (1, 4) shark teeth (2, 3) ray teeth (2), and manatee ribs (2,3). Lesueur's illustrations are far superior to those of Conrad (1848), and are easily identifiable as to their species. A large proportion of these illustrations figure species in multiple views. Bivalves generally are drawn to show the hinge as well as the exterior of the shell and are sometimes drawn in cross-section to show the inflation of the valves. Enlargements of corals and bryozoans depict the microstructure respectively of their septa and zooecia. A large number of small species including the foraminifers, byrozoans, enlargements of the corals, some gastropods, and some bivalves were drawn with the use of a magnifying device. The fauna illustrated by Lesueur was collected largely from the Mint Spring and Byram Formations of the Vicksburg Group (Lower Oligocene). The measured section of plate 1 probably represents the earliest detailed geological investigation in Mississippi.

Includes article: Dockery, David T. "Lesueur's Walnut Hills fossil shells." Mississippi Geology 2 (1982):7-13.

Also available as 8 x 10 in. black and white photographs.

 55C.A. LeSueur's Walnut Hills fossil shells / C.A. Lesueur del., sculp., 1829. 1 print : engraving ; plate mark 19 x 12 cm.

"P. 1" -- on item, upper right.

Inset depicts cliff where Lesueur found the fossil shells. Also shows 15 numbered figures of fossil shells.

56[Walnut Hills fossil shells] / C.A. Lesueur delt. & inci., [1829?] 1 print : engraving, stipple ; plate mark 20 x 14 cm.

"2" -- on item, upper right.

Depicts 14 numbered figures.

57[Walnut Hills fossil shells] / C.A. Lesueur deli. sculp., [1829?] 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 20 x 14 cm.

"3" -- on item, upper right.

Depicts 12 numbered figures.

58[Walnut Hills fossil shells] / C.A. Lesueur del. et incisit., [1829?] 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 20 x 14 cm.

"4" -- on item, upper right.

Depicts 15 numbered figures.

59[Walnut Hills fossil shells], [1829?] 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 20 x 14 cm.

"5" -- on item, upper right.

Depicts 18 numbered figures.

60[Walnut Hills fossil shells], [1829?] 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 20 x 14 cm.

"6" -- on item, upper right.

Depicts 18 numbered figures.

61[Walnut Hills fossil shells] / C.A. Lesueur del. & inci., [1829?] 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 20 x 14 cm.

"7" -- on item, upper right.

Depicts 23 numbered figures.

62[Walnut Hills fossil shells] / C.A. Lesueur deli. et inci., [1829?] 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 20 x 14 cm.

"8" -- on item, upper right.

Depicts 20 numbered figures.

63[Walnut Hills fossil shells] / C.A. Lesueur deli. et inci., [1829?] 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 20 x 14 cm.

"9" -- on item, upper right.

Depicts 26 numbered figures.

64[Walnut Hills fossil shells] / C.A. Lesueur deli. et inci., [1829?] 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 20 x 14 cm.

"10" -- on item, upper right.

Depicts 18 numbered figures.

65[Walnut Hills fossil shells], [1829?] 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 20 x 14 cm.

"11" -- on item, upper right.

Depicts 27 numbered figures.

66[Walnut Hills fossil shells] / C.A. Lesueur del. & sculpsit, [1829?] 1 print : intaglio ; plate mark 20 x 14 cm.

"12" -- on item, upper right.

Depicts 9 numbered figures.

Portraits 67Col. Vigo / C.A. Lesueur deli. ; Mme. Mezzara lith., n.d. 5 prints : lithograph ; irreg. image 12 x 8 cm., on sheet 28 x 18 cm. or smaller.

Original drawing 1834?

68Mr. Badolet / C.A. Lesueur deli. ; Mme. Mezzara lith., n.d. 5 prints : lithograph ; irreg. image 11 x 10 cm., on sheet 28 x 17 cm. or smaller.

Original drawing 1834?

69Col. Vigo ; Mr. Badolet / C.A. Lesueur deli. ; Mme Mezzara lith., n.d. 3 prints : lithograph ; 28 x 36 cm., folded 28 x 18 cm.

Original drawing 1834?

70J. Barabino / C.A. Lesueur del. ; Mme. Mezzara lith., n.d. 2 prints : lithograph ; 24 x 20 cm. or smaller. Reproductions Church of the Harmonists at New Harmony, Indiana. 3 photocopies. Drop curtain. 3 photocopies.

Drop curtain painted by Lesueur for the theatre established in the church of the Harmonists.

Virginia Twigg, little Dickey Dwup. 1 photocopy. Charles Twigg, little Cook Padders. 1 photocopy. American entomology. 1 photocopy of engraving, title page. School house, boarding house ... taken from North, August 12, 1830. 1 photograph of drawing.