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Secretary Birds

Secretary Birds

Artist/Maker William R. Leigh United States, 1866 - 1955
Date1938
Mediumink, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensionsimage: 9 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (24.8 × 34.3 cm) frame: 18 5/8 × 21 1/2 in. (47.3 × 54.6 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2008.001.010
ClassificationsDrawing
SignedSigned
InscribedW.R. LEIGH LLC
On View
Not on view
DescriptionSketch of Secretary Birds. Done for book by Leigh: "Frontiers of Enchantment, An Artist's Adventures in Africa." Quote on back references page 33.
Author and Hippopotamus
William R. Leigh
1938
Gorilla in the River
William R. Leigh
1938
Gnu or Wildebeest
William R. Leigh
1938
Eland
William R. Leigh
1938
The Vulturine Guinea-Fowl
William R. Leigh
1938
Flamingos
William R. Leigh
1938
Baboons in the Lukenia Hills
William R. Leigh
1938
Hartebeest or Kongoni
William R. Leigh
1938
Masai Ostriches, Tanganyika
William R. Leigh
1938
Carl Akeley
William R. Leigh
1938
Flamingos at Lake Hannington
William R. Leigh
1938
African Rhinoceros
William R. Leigh
1938