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Unsigned original, oil on cut canvas 11" X 9," taupe background. In pencil on front "Lepiopomous ischyrus" and "(new name) Apomotis ischyrus.." Stenciled on back "Ill. State Lab. nat. Hist. Normal, Ill."
Notes
Some items in the series are dated 1878-1880; no date on this item. Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History named in 1877, and moved from Normal to Urbana in 1884. The Report of the Director for the Year Ending June 30, 1880 (p. 3 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61860220) lists 56 oil sketches of 56 species of fish used for coloring casts of fishes for the Illinois State Museum; the artist is not attributed.
Subject
Fish
Type
Painting
Genre
Color oil paintings
Is Part Of
Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History oil sketches of Illinois fishes: painting, 1878-1898 part 1
Unsigned original, oil on cut canvas 11" X 9," taupe background. In pencil on front "Lepiopomous ischyrus" and "(new name) Apomotis ischyrus.." Stenciled on back "Ill. State Lab. nat. Hist. Normal, Ill."
Notes
Some items in the series are dated 1878-1880; no date on this item. Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History named in 1877, and moved from Normal to Urbana in 1884. The Report of the Director for the Year Ending June 30, 1880 (p. 3 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61860220) lists 56 oil sketches of 56 species of fish used for coloring casts of fishes for the Illinois State Museum; the artist is not attributed.
Subject
Fish
Type
Painting
Genre
Color oil paintings
Is Part Of
Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History oil sketches of Illinois fishes: painting, 1878-1898 part 1