Vladimir Nabokov supports the Ward's Natural Science institution.
Original check from the National Bank of Ithaca, NY, signed by Lolita's father to the American institution Ward's Natural Science Establishment.
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Original check from the National Bank of Ithaca, NY, signed by Lolita's father to the American institution Ward's Natural Science Establishment.
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Vladimir Nabokov (1899.1977)
Signed piece.
An oblong sheet (7 x 16 cm) mounted on black paper.
May 8, 1958
Original check from the National Bank of Ithaca, NY, signed by Lolita's father to the American institution Ward's Natural Science Establishment.
Founded in 1862 in Rochester by naturalist Henry Augustus Ward, the institution made a considerable contribution to natural species collections.
We also know of Nabokov's all-consuming passion for lepidoptera and natural sciences.