Catalog ID: History H-1977.74.14

Object Name: Painting

Species Illustrated: American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica), Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), Semipalmated Plover, (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Object Type: Art

Date Made: 1908-1912

Place Made: New York

Artist: Louis Agassiz Fuertes

Materials: watercolor on illustration board

Measurements: 13 3/8 in x 20 3/4 in

Physical Description: Mounted on cardboard; group of birds on rocky beach; ocean and peninsula behind; top to bottom: left - American Goldenplover, Black-bellied Plover; right - Killdeer Plover; Semipalmated Plover.

published description (caption): American Golden Plover Charadrius dominicus Muller / Spring / Autumn // Killdeer Plover Oxyechus vociferus (Linnaeus) // Black-Bellied Plover Squatarola squatarola (Linnaeus) / Spring / Autumn // Semipalmated Plover Aegialitis semipalmata Bonaparte // All 2/5 nat. size (Eaton, E.H.: 1910)

Publications: Eaton, Elon Howard, 1910, New York State Museum Memoir 12, Volume 1 (published: Plate 39)

Source: New York State Museum Science Services via Dr. Reilly