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Sixteen birds divided into two groups, one in the upper and the other in the lower half of the print, some in water, some on land
Cormorants, Gannetts
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

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
Collections
Visual 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".
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