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PAINTING - STELLER`S SEA LION

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Richard Ellis

c. 1985

Subcollections

Overview

Painting of large grey-brown to black sealion with coarse fur on the upper body, and smaller companion seal, tawny with brown spots, gouache on blue card, framed and mounted with inscription (77).

Historical information

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-RE1999.357

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

410 mm

Height or length

440 mm

Depth

15 mm

Weight

1.52 kg

Inscriptions and markings

STELLER'S SEA LION (Eumetopias-jubatis)

Sea lion's have external ears, while seals do not. Steller's is the largest sea lion, with the males attaining a much greater size than the females: adult males can weigh as much as a ton, while females do not exceed 7000 pounds. Found only in the North Pacific, the Steller breeds in the Pribilofs, the Aleutians, and the North American coast as far south as southern California. There are about 300,000 Steller's sea lions inthe world today. They are extremely wary of people, and difficult to approach on land.
77.

Verso: Smithsonian label checklist #77 Packing case # 5, AWHS accession number

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. 1985