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Phalacrocorax Desmarestii (Desmarest's Cormorant), a bird with an all-over black body, feet, and crest, and a long yellow hooked beak, standing on the edge of a cliff or rock overlooking mountains.
Desmarest's Cormorant
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Desmarest's Cormorant

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 number2010.57.12
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Visual DescriptionPhalacrocorax Desmarestii (Desmarest's Cormorant), a bird with an all-over black body, feet, and crest, and a long yellow hooked beak, standing on the edge of a cliff or rock overlooking mountains. Plate 411 from volume V of "Birds of Europe", London, 1832-1837.
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