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Larus marinus (Great Black Backed Gull), a bird with a white body and black wings with white tips, and a pale yellow bill with blood-red spot on the lower mandible.
Great Black-Backed Gull
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Great Black-Backed Gull

Artist Edward Lear (British, 1812 - 1888)
Date1832-1837
MediumLithograph, hand-colored
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Terry White
Object number2010.57.10
Collections
Visual DescriptionLarus marinus (Great Black Backed Gull), a bird with a white body and black wings with white tips, and a pale yellow bill with blood-red spot on the lower mandible. Plate 430 from volume V from "Birds of Europe", London, 1832-1837.
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