A Calendar of Game Birds for 1909

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Collection Type

  • art

Date

1909

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 117

GUSN

GUSN-198846

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Description

"Twelve drawings from Nature and in Color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes." Each study is accompanied with a sheet describing the habits and description of the bird (grouse, duck, plovers, etc.).

Details

Descriptive Terms

animal paintings
naturalists
calendars
chromolithographs
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection number PR117OVR

Physical Descrption

1 chromolithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.117

Image Dimensions

14 x 18.25 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

Fuertes, Louis Agassiz (Artist)
Beck Engraving Company (Engraver)
Moffat, Yard and Company (Publisher)

Material Type

chromolithographs
prints (visual works)

Subjects

birds (animals)

Restrictions

Excellent with the prints of the birds in clear color. The mounting pages are lightly yellowed.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 117

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