Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
23 August 1788
Notes:
A specimen of this species is visible in Peale's oil painting, "The Artist in His Museum" (1822), in the second floor-level case to the right of the door (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1878.1.2), shown here.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Wandering Albatross
Current Scientific Name
Diomedeidae | Diomedea exulans
