"The Birds of Minnesota,Ó by Thomas Sadler Roberts, was published in 1932 by the University of Minnesota Press. Allan Cyril Brooks (1869-1946) was an ornithologist and artist who in addition to painting the plates for "The Birds of Minnesota,Ó contributed illustrations to ornithological publications and the "Birds of Western Canada,Ó "Birds o...
Creator:
Bell Museum of Natural History
Created:
1932?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Watercolor painting of several greater scaups, here identified by their colloquial name of bluebills. Two scaups are floating in water, enclosed in a stylized vignette. To the upper right of the vignette are painted five scaups in flight. The image is in shades of black, white, gray, and the gray-blue of the ducks' beaks. This artwork belongs to...