Francis Lee Jaques (1887-1969)
Tidal Creek Scene, c. 1949
signed "FL Jaques" lower right
oil on canvas, 28 by 21 in.
Like the previous lot, this work was painted for Alexander Sprunt Jr.'s "South Carolina Bird Life," first published by the University of South Carolina in 1949 and was accompanied by the following caption: "Flying: Wood Ibises. Alighting on piling: Osprey. Left center: Pied-billed Grebe. Right center: upper, Common Loon (winter plumage); lower, Common Loon (breeding plumage). Bottom, left to right: Lesser Scaup (female), Lesser Scaup (male), Greater Scaup (male), Horned Grebe (breeding plumage), and Horned Grebe (winter plumage)." Scaup are also known as Bluebills.
Provenance: Private Collection, South Carolina
Literature: Alexander Sprunt Jr. and E. Burnham Chamberlain, "South Carolina Bird Life," Columbia, SC, 1949, pl. VIII, p. 138, illustrated.
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