PAINTING - STEJNEGER`S BEAKED WHALE
c. 1985Painting of heavily scratched black whale with small triangular dorsal fin, and protruding tooth at mouth, gouache on blue card, framed and mounted with inscription (73).
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
Details
STEJNEGER'S BEAKED WHALE (Mesoplodon stejnegeri)
Pronounced STY-ne-ger's, this whale was named for Leonhard Stejneger, the scientist who found the first skull on Bering Island in 1883. The "tusks" of this saber-toothed beaked whale may be over five inches in height, and - as with all Mesoplodons - they appear only in the males. In the few know specimens the large teeth have a mysterious groove on the leading edge- but we don't know why.
73.
Verso: Smithsonian label checklist # 73 Packing case # 4, AWHS accession number
The paintings represent a body of work by well-known American marine conservationist, author, artist and natural historian Richard Ellis (1938-2024).
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Albany's Historic Whaling Station
Albany's Historic Whaling Station
Other items by Richard Ellis
- PAINTING - HOURGLASS DOLPHIN
- PAINTING - ATLANTIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHIN
- PRINT - KILLER WHALES Publisher Proof 8/20
- PAINTING - STRAP-TOOTHED WHALE
- PAINTING - CALIFORNIAN SEA LION
- PAINTINGS - (a)PYGMY SPERM WHALE (b)DWARF SPERM WHALE
- PAINTINGS - (a) FIN WHALE & (b)BLUE WHALE
- PAINTING - CHINESE RIVER DOLPHIN
- PAINTINGS - (a) HARBOR PORPOISE (b) VAQUITA
- PAINTING - CRABEATER SEAL
- PAINTINGS - (a)Longfin Pilot Whale (b)Shortfin Pilot Whale
- PAINTINGS - (a) GANGES RIVER DOLPHIN (b)INDUS RIVER DOLPHIN
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Other items from Albany's Historic Whaling Station
- PAINTING - STELLER`S SEA LION
- PAINTING - GREY SEAL
- PAINTING - WEDDELL SEAL
- PAINTING - NEW ZEALAND SEA LION
- PAINTING - SOUTHERN GIANT BOTTLENOSE WHALE
- PAINTING - MELON HEADED WHALE
- PAINTING - GINKO TOOTHED WHALE
- PAINTING - DEEP CRESTED WHALE
- PAINTING - INDO-PACIFIC BEAKED WHALE
- PAINTING - NORTH ATLANTIC BOTTLENOSE WHALE
- PAINTING - CARIBEAN MANATEE
- PAINTING -NORTHERN FUR SEAL