Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Artist
John Gould
(British, 1804 - 1881)
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 number2010.57.11
DescriptionTwo Larus fuscus (Lesser Black-Backed Gull) birds depicted: in front, an adult with a white body and black wings with white tips, yellow feet and beak with a red spot on its lower mandible; in back, a younger bird with gray and white spotted body, dark feathers with white tips, and a black beak. Both birds are on a rocky shoreline. Plate 431 from volume V of "Birds of Europe", London, 1832-1837.
