Cormorants, Gannetts
Artist
Theodore Jasper
(American, born Prussia, 1814 - 1897)
Artist
Jacob Henry Studer
(American, 1840 - 1904)
Date1895
MediumChromolithograph
Dimensions14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (36.8 x 29.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. Mike Solar
Object number2012.56.9
Description1. Tringa bairdii (Baird's sandpiper), 2. Queruedula crecca (English teal), 3. Graculus mesicanus (Mexican cormorant), 4. Graculus perspicillatus (Pallas' cormorant), 5. Graculus bicristatus (Red-faced cormorant), 6. Graculus cincinnatus (White-tufted cormorant), 7. Graculus dilophus, var. floridanus (Florida cormorant), 8. Branta bernicla, var. nigricans (Black brant), 9. Sula fiber (Booby gannet), 10. Acdemia perspicilliata, var. trowbridgei (Trowbridge's scooter; Long-billed scooter), 11. Marcca penelope (European widgeon), 12. Erismatura dominica (St. Domingo duck), 13. Camptolaemus labradorius (Labrador Sand-shoal; Pied duck), 14. Somateria V. nigra (Pacific eider), 15. Anas obscurus, var. fulvigula (Florida dusky duck), and 16. Sterna galericulata (Elegant tern). Multiple birds of various colors standing seaside, some on branches or rocks, some in water. Plate 119 from "The Birds of North America".
