Francis Lee Jaques (1887-1969) was an American wildlife painter. Raised in Minnesota, Jaques served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army in France in 1918. At the end of his service, he sent paintings to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, which later hired him as a background painter for their animal habitat (diorama) ...
Creator:
Bell Museum of Natural History
Created:
1940-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.