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Benson, Mary Foley Papers

Collection Number: MC043

Ten botanical lithographs. For examples of Benson's entomological illustrations, see the Howard Lester McKenzie Collection (D-309). Chief Scientific Illustrator for the Bureau of Entomology, USDA; Senior Scientific Illustrator at the University of California, Davis.

Inclusive Dates

circa 1970

Extent

10 lithographs

Subject

Art and Architecture

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