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Illustrations for The Fishes of Illinois: painting, 1892-1913

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  • Lydia M. Hart's Lepomis pallidus
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesOriginal artwork Lepomis pallidus {in negative file and regular file); Lepomis macrochirus; Bluegill; Signed original color print and lantern slide.
  • Anguilla chrysypa, American eel
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesUnsigned original ink drawing on cardstock. On front in pencil in lower right corner "don't use" and "574" On back "Anguilla chrysypa" American eel.
  • Lydia M. Hart's Etheostoma flabellare
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesEtheostoma flabellare ; Fan-tailed Darter; Signed original, lower left corner in ink ""L. M. Hart"" Pencil note in lower left corner ""Rip""?
  • Lydia M. Hart's Ictiobus bubalus
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesIctiobus bubalus; Small-mouth Buffalo; Unsigned. Light paper glued to dark matt board or similar. Original image is gray-scale, but appears to be done with guache or something similar. Pencil note, lower right corner, ""J. & E. 264."
  • Lydia M. Hart's Ictiobus urus
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesIctiobus urus; Mongrel Buffalo. Unsigned. Light paper glued to dark matt board or similar. Original image is gray-scale, but appears to be done with guache or something similar. Pencil note, lower right corner, "J. & E. 262."
  • Semotilus astromaculatus
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesOriginal painting of side view of Semotilus atromaculatus. Front right lower corner in pencil "Don't use." In pencil on back along bottom edge, "Semiotilus atromaculatus Max Bihn."
  • Erimyzon sucetta oblongus, chub sucker
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesErimyzon sucetta oblongus, chub sucker. Signed in pen, lower left corner, "L. M. Hart" Pencil note in lower left corner "Rip" or "Ry"? On back in upper right corner, in pencil script "L. M. H."
  • Lydia M. Hart's Cyprinus carpio
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesCyprinus carpio; European Carp; Mirror Carp. Signed original, "L. M. Hart" in ink in lower left corner. Illustration is used only in the 1920 2nd edition.
  • Charlotte M. Pinkerton's Ictalurus anguilla
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1903Ictalurus anguilla; Catfish. Signed original, lower right corner, pencil, very faint "C. M. Pinkerton." Pencil note, lower right corner, J. & E. 206a.
  • Short-nosed gar, Lepisosteus platostomus
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1913Unsigned dated original watercolor of side and dorsal view of gar with text description of color and pattern written in pencil. Original was folded. Some details of scales are drawn in ink. No information on back, back not scanned.
  • Etheostoma coeruleum
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesOriginal watercolor painting of side view of Ethostoma coeruleum, signed on back by C. M. Pinkerton. On front in pencil "Don't use." Catostomus commersonii, common sucker. Signed in lower left corner, "L. M. Hart."
  • Boleosoma nigrum
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesOriginal painting of side view of Boleosoma nigrum; on back, C. M. Pinkerton, also "not used in Forbes + Richardson's Fishes of Illinois." On front in upper left corner "2139."
  • Lydia M. Hart's Labidesthes sicculus
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesLabidesthes sicculus; Brook Silverside. Signed original, lower left corner, ink "L. M. Hart."
  • Ameiurus nebulosus marmoratus
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesAmeiurus nebulosus marmoratus; Speckled Bullhead; unsigned original. Pencil note in lower left corner "Rip" or "Ry"?
  • Notropis hudsonius
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesSigned undated original painting of side view of Notropis hudsoniris by Lydia M. Hart. In ink in bottom left corner, ""L. M. Hart"" typical signature, along bottom edge in pencil ""Spawn Eater Notropis hudonius"", in lower right corner ""Old dupl."" On back in red, ""Not in Fishes of Ill.
  • Lydia M. Hart's Cyprinus carpio
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesCyprinus carpio; European Carp; Pencil note along bottom ""Columbian 1919.
  • Amia calva
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1898original watercolor painting of fish; on front in pencil Amia calva young x 2, W. Craig - Havana ILL 1898.
  • Charlotte M. Pinkerton's Lepomis cyanellus
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1903Lepomis cyanellus; Green Sunfish; Unsigned original.
  • Roccus chrysops
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1892Signed original color artwork depicting white bass, Morone chrysops. On front, upper right and upper left corners in pencil ""2253"", lower left corner in ink ""L.M.Hart"" stylized signature, lower right corner in pencile ""White Bass. Roccus chrysops."" ""July 31 '92 LMH"" and ""Old dupl"". On back in red pencil, ""#2253 White bass Roccus chrysops (Rafinesque) figure not us...
  • Charlotte M. Pinkerton's Hiodon tergisus
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1903Hiodon tergisus; Toothed Herring. Unsigned original. Pencil note lower right corner "J. & E. 674."
  • Lydia M. Hart's Micropterus salmoides
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pagesMicropterus salmoides; Large-Mouth Black Bass; Signed original "L. M. Hart" lower left corner, ink. Frontispiece of both 1908 and 1920 editions, also first plate in Sample plates (1903).
  • Charlotte M. Pinkerton's Pimephales promelas
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1903Pimephales promelas; Black-Head Minnow; Fathead Minnow; In script on back "C. M. Pinkerton" with script similar to Pinkerton's letters to Forbes. Also color lantern slide.
  • Charlotte M. Pinkerton's Notropis umbratilis atripes
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1903Notropis umbratilis atripes; Blackfin (as labeled in text) ?current name? Red-fin Shiner; On back, upper left corner "Miss Pinkerton" in pencil, in script that could be Pinkerton's. Lower left corner, "p. 123, Smith's fishes of Illinois."
  • Esox lucius
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesEsox lucius, common pike. Unsigned. Original drawing on light paper is glued to stiff dark board. Pencil note in lower right corner "J. & E. 924", in upper right corner "Plate 56."
  • Lydia M. Hart's Placopharynx duquesnii
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesPlacopharynx duquesnii; Moxostoma carinatum; River redhorse; Signed original, in ink, lower left corner "L. M. Hart" pencil note, lower right corner "J. & E. 234."
  • Charlotte M. Pinkerton's Etheostoma caeruleum male, fall coloration
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1903Etheostoma caeruleum; male; fall coloration; Unsigned original. Pencil note "Don't use" lower right corner. Note on back in red pencil, "Pinkerton" and "Not used in Fishes of Illinois." Spelling in book uses joined vowel (appears to be "oe" in epithet). See https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16533178.
  • Charlotte M. Pinkerton's Fundulus diaphanus menona
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1903Fundulus diaphanus menona ; Menona Top-Minnow. Appears to have been signed, in pencil, lower right corner "C. M. Pinkerton" (signature is stylized). Above signature, in pencil, in script, Fundulus Diaphanus Menona.
  • Ameiurus melas
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesAmeiurus melas, original. Pencil note in lower left corner "Rip"? In pencil script on back, center, bottom edge "C. M. P."
  • Lydia M. Hart's Pomoxis sparoides
    Multi-Page Item | 6 pagesPomoxis sparoides; Black Crappie; Pomoxis nigromaculatus; Signed original, ""L. M. Hart"" ink, lower right corner. color print and B&W lantern slide.
  • Notropis blennius
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesNotropis blennius, straw-colored minnow. Signed in left lower corner ""L. M. Hart.
  • Notropis whipplii
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesNotropis whipplii, Steel-colored minnow. Note on back ""Not used in Forbes & Richardson's Fishes of Illinois"". On back in pencil ""Notropis whipplii Max Bihn.
  • Hybopsis kentuckiensis
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesHybopsis kentuckiensis Current name Notropis kentuckiensis On back in pencil, Hypobsis kentuckiensis Max Bihn.
  • Rhinichthys atronasus
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesUnsigned, undated original painting of side view of Rhinichthys atronasus. No information on back, back not scanned. Painting appears somewhat unfinished?
  • Lydia M. Hart's Aplodinotus grunniens
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesAplodinotus grunniens ; Sheepshead; White Perch. In pencil on front, Signed original, ""L. M. Hart"" lower left corner, in ink.
  • Percina caprodes, log perch
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesPercina caprodes, log-perch. Pencil note in lower left corner in cursive "Rip" or "Ry"? In the lower right corner is the top portion of what appears to be a pencil script "P" (for Pinkerton perhaps?) although this signature is in a different location from most of her works); the work was at one time mounted and matted and has been cropped, what was likely a signature was cut...
  • Lepomis megalotis, long-eared sunfish
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesOriginal watercolor painting of side view of long-eared sunfish. Signed, lower left, L. M. Hart. Along bottom edge in pencil ""Long=eared su[torn] Lepomis megalotis"" Abvoe that ""Reduce to 4 1/4 inches. On back in pencil, ""not used in fish book"" and initials ""L. M. H."" in upper left corner. Property stamp on back ""Property of State Lab. of Natural History Urbana IL.
  • Ameiurus natalis
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesAmeiurus natalis, yellow cat. Signed in lower left corner ""L. M. Hart"" Note in pencil below signature, ""p. 180 Smith's Fishes of Illinois.
  • Lydia M. Hart's Micropterus dolomieu
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesMicropterus dolomieu ; Small-Mouth Black Bass. Signed original ""L. M. Hart"" ink, lower left corner. Used only in 1920 2nd edition of Forbes Fishes of Illinois.
  • Charlotte M. Pinkerton's Amia calva
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1903Amia calva ; Dogfish; Unsigned original.
  • Lydia M. Hart's Carpiodes velifer
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pagesCarpiodes velifer; natural size; quillback; Unsigned original painting. Black background. Appears to be watercolor. Pencil note, cursive, upper right corner on back ""L. M. H."" script is different from Hart's typical stylized signature found on the front lower left corner of other works.
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