John R. Quinn Illustrations

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0730

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains thirty acrylic paintings of South American birds: nineteen in color, eleven in black white. The figures were done from study skins in the Academy's collection plus live birds mist-netted in Trinidad, as well as notes and sketches supplied by Don Eckelberry on various South American species. The paintings were created for Rodolphe Meyer De Schauensee's A guide to The Birds of South America (published for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Livingston Pub. Co. 1970). Much of the vegetation shown in the various plates was done from live stuff collected in Trinidad and Tobaggo during Quinn's visit in 1968.

umbered as plates in A Guide to the Birds of South America.

Dates

1970

Creator

Quinn, John R. (b. 1938) (Person)

Biographical / Historical

John R. Quinn, 1938-, artist and naturalist, was an Academy employee in the exhibits department. Quinn spent March of 1968 in Trinidad and Tobago working on illustrations for De Schaunsee's A guide to The Birds of South America.

Extent

30 item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

John R. Quinn, 1938-, artist and naturalist, was an Academy employee in the exhibits department. Quinn spent the month of March in 1968 working on illustrations for De Schaunsee's A guide to The Birds of South America. The collection contains thirty acrylic paintings of South American birds: nineteen in color, eleven in black white. The figures were done from study skins in the Academy's collection pluslive birds mist-netted in Trinidad, as well as notes and sketches supplied by Don Eckelberry on various South American species.