Mershon's_The_Passenger_Pigeon_(frontispiece,_crop).jpg

Description

Frontispiece from a volume of articles, The Passenger Pigeon , 1907 (Mershon, editor). The caption reads: "PASSENGER PIGEON ( Columba Migratoria )

Upper bird, male ; lower, female
Date Print date, 1907
Source Obtained from online scan at passengerpigeon00mers , crop with some border of scanned paper, for relative colour balance. Slightly rotated.
Author
Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874–1927) wikidata:Q1871480 s:en:Author:Louis Agassiz Fuertes
Louis Agassiz Fuertes
Alternative names
Louis A. Fuertes; Louis Agassize Fuertes
Description American artist
Date of birth/death 7 February 1874 Edit this at Wikidata 22 August 1927 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ithaca Ithaca
Work period 1896–1927
Work location
Ithaca Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q1871480
Other versions Similar found at page 10 of File:The Passenger Pigeon - Mershon.djvu , a file-type not designed to render detailed illustrations. this file is derived from File:Mershon's The Passenger Pigeon (frontispiece).jpeg /


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