Extent:

1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Art objects

Manuscripts

Black-and-white photographs

Black-and-white negatives

Date:

1930s

Descriptive Entry:

This collection consists of 84 watercolor paintings of Egyptian Bombyliids, or bee flies, executed by three Russian artists, Roman Strekalovsky, Nicholas Strekalovsky, and E. Kassessinoff. The paintings were done for a planned manuscript on the Bombyliids of Egypt by H. C. Efflatoun. Also included is a copy of Efflatoun's unpublished manuscript and photographs of the paintings. This collection was previously described as Record Unit 1020011, R. Strekalovsky Drawings, circa 1940.

Topic:

Entomology  Search this

Bombyliidae  Search this

Genre/Form:

Art objects

Manuscripts

Black-and-white photographs

Black-and-white negatives

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7468, Egyptian Bombyliids Collection, Watercolors

Identifier:

Record Unit 7468

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Egyptian Bombyliids Collection, Watercolors

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-faru7468