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Abstract This late-nineteenth century copy of Our Living World was owned by artist Morris Hirshfield and used for source images of birds. The book contains scraps of scratch paper, some illustrated by the artist and inserted as bookmarks for pages of interest. In addition to its intrinsic connection to Hirshfield, this book provides critical insight into the artist’s process. As scholar Richard Meyer observes, Hirshfield does not copy the drawings contained in this book, but...