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Oil on unstretched, cut canvas painting; Stenciled on back "Ill. State Lab. nat. Hist. Normal, Ill." On front in pencil (bottom center): "(new name) Moxostoma aureolus" and (bottom right): "Mixostoma duquesni" [sic]. Unsigned, undated.
Notes
Some items in the series are dated 1878-1880; there is no date on this item. The Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History was named in 1877, and moved from Normal to Urbana in 1884; based on the property stamp, the paintings would have been created between 1878 and 1884. The Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History was named in 1877, and moved from Normal to Urbana in 1884; based on the property stamp, the paintings would have been created between 1878 and 1884.
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 2
Oil on unstretched, cut canvas painting; Stenciled on back "Ill. State Lab. nat. Hist. Normal, Ill." On front in pencil (bottom center): "(new name) Moxostoma aureolus" and (bottom right): "Mixostoma duquesni" [sic]. Unsigned, undated.
Notes
Some items in the series are dated 1878-1880; there is no date on this item. The Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History was named in 1877, and moved from Normal to Urbana in 1884; based on the property stamp, the paintings would have been created between 1878 and 1884. The Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History was named in 1877, and moved from Normal to Urbana in 1884; based on the property stamp, the paintings would have been created between 1878 and 1884.
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 2