Preliminary art for Life Story, Prologue, Scene 5

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Preliminary art for Life Story, Prologue, Scene 5

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Item No: burt00434
Title: Preliminary art for Life Story, Prologue, Scene 5
Additional Title: Life Story
Language: English
Material: Gouache, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Transcription:

"Pre-Cambrian, Archeozoic Era, [most ancient life], introducing metamorphic rock

from about 2,000,000,000 years ago, to about 1,200,000,000 years ago."


Media Type: Illustrations
Source: Children's Literature Research Collection
Provenance: Gift of Virginia Lee Burton, 1968.

Bibliography:

Virginia Lee Burton, Life Story (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1962).



Creation Year (Single Year or Earliest Date): 1962
Image Dimensions Width: 22 cm
Call Number: BURT PRO 1
Creator Name: Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968 - Artist

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