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Nineteenth-century pufferfish illustrations from US Exploring Expedition resurface

Original: Illustration by Joseph Drayton, Alfred Agate, from “Drawings of Tetradons and Diodons”, United States Exploring Expediti

Illustrations by Joseph Drayton and Alfred Agate from "Drawings of Tetradons and Diodons", produced during the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842, are being shared from the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives via the Biodiversity Heritage Library. The plates depict pufferfish and related species and are being appreciated as examples of early scientific natural history art.

Why now: People are sharing striking historical scientific illustrations of pufferfish from a famous 19th-century exploring expedition.

Joseph DraytonAlfred AgateUnited States Exploring ExpeditionSmithsonian Libraries and ArchivesBiodiversity Heritage Library

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Evidence

• Illustration by Joseph Drayton, Alfred Agate, from “Drawings of Tetradons and Diodons”, United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1885 (ca. 1838–42). Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library https:// pdimagearchive.org/images/be5b… · pdimagearchive · 15

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