Birds of California. 1947.

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Birds of California. 1947.

3 v. 202 col. plates 30 x 45 cm., in albums 33 x 47 cm.

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Brasher, Rex, 1869-1960

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Born in 1869 in Brooklyn, New York, Rex Brasher was one of America's greatest bird painters. He painted almost twice as many North American birds as Louis Aggasiz Fuertes or John James Audubon. In 1924, while living at his homestead in Kent, Connecticut, Brasher finished his task of 47 years, paintings that included 1200 species and sub-species of birds listed on the American Ornithologists Union (AOU) Checklist of North American Birds. From the description of Rex Brasher collection,...