| LC control no. | n 2007003434 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Blaschka, Rudolf, 1857-1939 |
| Variant(s) | Blaschka, Rudolph, 1857-1939 |
| Located | Dresden (Germany) |
| Birth date | 1857-06-17 |
| Death date | 1939-05-01 |
| Place of birth | Bohemia (Czech Republic) |
| Field of activity | Plants--Models Animals--Models Glass flowers Glass art |
| Affiliation | Harvard University. Botanical Museum |
| Profession or occupation | Glass artists |
| Found in | Kunstformen des Meeres, 2006: p. 13 (Rudolf Blaschka, 1857-1939)) The Archives of Rudolf and Leopold Blaschka and the Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, 1886-2020: biographical note (Rudolf Blaschka; born in Böhmisch-Aicha, Bohemia on June 17, 1857; moved to Dresden with his family in 1863; along with his father, Leopold Blaschka, he created thousands of glass models of invertebrate animals for institutions around the world; they created plant models for the Botanical Museum at Harvard from 1886 until Leopold died in 1895; Rudolf continued to create glass models for the Botanical Museum until his death on May 1, 1939) correspondence files (Blaschka spelled his first name as Rudolf when corresponding with his family, but Rudolph when writing to American associates, such as Walter Deane, Mary Lee Ware, and Oakes Ames) <https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/ecb00006/catalog> |
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