Gouache painting for the cover of a magazine, from Francis Lee Jaques's time at the Duluth Photo Engraving company. Depicts a pair of moose quartered away, wading through water towards a forested bank. A painted placard occupies the lower left quadrant of the image and bears the legend "With Canoe and Paddle in" followed by a blank space for add...
Gouache painting of two Wilson's snipe, male and female, with reeds in background. Bright, saturated colors. Painting is likely from early in Francis Lee Jaques's career, most likely his time as an illustrator in Duluth, MN in the 1920s.
Pencil, ink, and gouache studies of the wing and bill of ring bill duck. Large drawing of extended wing colored in pencil, ink wash, and highlights in white gouache; smaller drawing of wing viewed from below, executed in same media. Small drawings of underside of bill.
Christmas card from Francis Lee Jaques, its cover illustrated with a print of caribou by Jaques. Several caribou traveling across a wintry landscape, facing left, with a single star shining in the upper left of the dawn or dusk sky. Narrow red border around the image. Though the landscape has been changed and color added, the composition of the ...
Pencil and gouache drawings of a female canvasback duck, all life size. Five studies on sheet: two drawings of an extended wing, front and back views, and three smaller studies of a webbed foot, a portion of foot viewed from the side, and a bill viewed from above. Far left drawing, of extended wing, is the only drawing heightened with gouache.
Pencil and gouache studies of a male bufflehead, all life size. Three drawings on sheet: a small pencil drawing of a bill, seen from above; a pencil and gouache drawing of an extended wing; and a drawing of the bird in profile. Wing and body drawings are unfinished at the extremities.
Pencil, gouache, and watercolor study on paper depicting a horizontal band, outlined in white, within which are pictured three soaring white geese or swans. The birds are portrayed from an angle slightly below and to the side; their stomachs are not quite parallel to the surface of the paper. The ends of their wings are cropped by the limits of ...