Paintings from: Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states, 1921-1929 [art original].

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Paintings from: Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states, 1921-1929 [art original].

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Pursuant to MGLA c 9, s 13, the state secretary has custody of all stereotype, electrotype, steel and copper plates, and woodcuts owned by the Commonwealth. Series contains original watercolor and gouache paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, commissioned by the Division of Ornithology of the Dept. of Agriculture to illustrate: Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states, written by State Ornithologist Edward Howe Forbush pursuant to Resolves 1921, c 5. Allan Brooks completed the final twenty-four paintings after Fuertes's death in 1927.

22.5 cubic ft. (93 paintings in 15 map drawers)

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946

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Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State

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Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927

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Forbush, Edward Howe, 1858-1929

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