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Mergus albellus, 1862

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 853, item: 853a
Mergus albellus
Mergus albellus

Dates

  • Creation: 1862

Physical Description

Full sheet pencil; watercolor

General

Mergellus albellus -- Smew; harle piette. Alternate name on piece: Mergus albellus [Smew, or nun] Not a layout; quickly drawn sketches of positions and markings--six over-sized birds packed into a more or less symmetrical "composition." Title in pencil by Sotheran, bookseller. Artist's name(s): Wolf, Joseph; Richter, Henry Constantine.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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