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PAINTING - MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEAL

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Richard Ellis

c. 1975

Subcollections

Overview

Painting of Mediterranean Monk seal, - brown with white spotted underbelly, short, broad, flat snout and upward-facing nostrils, and relatively short flippers , with blue-black pup; gouache on blue card, framed and mounted with inscription (92).

Historical information

Reframed - originally framed with RE 1999 383

Collection of 106 of paintings by Richard Ellis that were selected by the Smithsonian Institution to form a traveling exhibit of the marine mammals of the world. The collection was purchased by Perth businessman Kevin Parry in 1985 and donated to Whale World, now known as Albany's Historic Whaling Station.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-128-RE1999.450

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

410 mm

Height or length

440 mm

Depth

15 mm

Weight

1.52 kg

Inscriptions and markings

MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEAL (Monachus monachus)

There are probably no more than 1000 Mediterranean monk seals left today, since their habitat - the Mediterranean, North Africa, Madeira-is being more and more invaded by humans. Because their remote habitats did not include any land predators, they never developed the ability to escape on land, and people are able to walk right up to them. They are considered endangered, and because of their greatly reduced numbers, there are fears that the species will not survive the 20th century.
92.

Contextual information

The paintings represent a body of work by well-known American marine conservationist, author, artist and natural historian Richard Ellis (1938-2024).

Keywords

Richard Ellis

Albany's Historic Whaling Station

Smithsonian Institution

Marine Mammals

Place made

United States

Year

c. 1975

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