Baby Bird Portraits by George Miksch Sutton: Watercolors in the Field Museum

by Paul A. Johnsgard

Book Overview

George Miksch Sutton is one of the best known and most beloved bird artists of the twentieth century. This marvelous book presents thirty-five paintigs of downy chicks, nestlings, and fledglings painted from life by Sutton. The exquisite watercolrs, housed in the Field Museum of Natural History, span three decades and depict nineteen species of North American birds. Many of the paintings are reproduced here for the first time. Sutton was fond of painting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080613769X
• ISBN13: 9780806137698
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 10.1"