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Oil on unstretched, cut canvas painting; Stenciled on back "Ill. State Lab. nat. Hist. Normal, Ill." On front in pencil "Minytrema melanops S. Chicago Nov. 4, 1880." Unsigned.
Notes
Unclear whether the date refers to specimen collection date or date of painting. The Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History was 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
Spatial Coverage
United States
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 "Minytrema melanops S. Chicago Nov. 4, 1880." Unsigned.
Notes
Unclear whether the date refers to specimen collection date or date of painting. The Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History was 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
Spatial Coverage
United States
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