Louis A Fuertes MASTIFF bookplate from 1919 National Geographic Magazine

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Vintage
Louis Agassiz Fuertes
MASTIFF
Book plate 1919
single 1/2 page from a
National Geographic Magazine
1/2 Page is 7" x 5"
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Louis Agassiz Fuertes
(February 7, 1874
Ithaca, New York
– August 22, 1927
Unadilla, New York
) was an
American
ornithologist
, illustrator and artist. He set new standards for ornithological art and is considered as one of the most prolific American bird artists after
John James Audubon
. He made thousands of bird paintings and sketches, based on studies in nature and details from fresh specimens, that illustrate a range of ornithological works. He died in a car accident near New York, shortly after returning from an expedition to Abyssinia. His name is commemorated in two species. One is a species described by
Frank Chapman
as
Icterus fuertesi
, although it is now considered a subspecies of the
Orchard Oriole
. The other,
Fuertes's Parrot
, or
Hapalopsittaca fuertesi
, was rediscovered in 2002 after 91 years of presumed extinction. He influenced several other wildlife artists after him, in addition to mentoring
George Miksch Sutton
. The
Wilson Ornithological Society
instituted an award in his memory in 1947.