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Eider, King;Owl, Snowy;Scoter, White-winged
Melanitta deglandi;Nyctea scandiaca;Somateria spectabilis

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Eider, King;Owl, Snowy;Scoter, White-winged
Context: Fifth section of Brewster Study Sketch Panel #2 (13 Sketches).. Studies for #1206 (White-winged Scoter), #1207 (Snowy Owl), and #1208 (King Eider).. Preliminary watercolor sketches for a group of paintings commissioned by Frederick Foster Brewster for the study of his 66 room Tudor-style manor house in New Haven, Connecticut (built in 1909). The study was paneled with Java teak in which were set twenty-four Fuertes paintings, ranging in size from 19"x28" to 37"x100." Brewster bequeathed the paintings and the interior of his study to the Laboratory of Ornithology.
Date: 1910c.
Location: Laboratory of Ornithology
Medium: Watercolor
ID Number: 2242
Size: 9.5" x 51.5"
Support: Paper
Type: Studies
Title: Brewster Study Sketch (detail)