Great Auk, Pinguinus

Description: Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, extinct bird. John James Audubon painting or engraving in Birds of America Plate CCCXLI (341). Audubon purchased a specimen of an Auk in London sometime before 1836 and used it in this painting. The bird later belonged to Vassar College and is now housed in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
Attribution: (c) Field Museum of Natural History
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Date: Created 16 Jan 1967
Physical Size and Format: 8x10 in. b/w negative
Citation: (c) Field Museum of Natural History. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/ab759cfc-c75d-44d6-a1e4-ade36113e5b2 (accessed on 12 Oct 2021)
Media File URL: http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/2031/022/Z89377.jpg
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Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, extinct bird. John James Audubon painting or engraving in Birds of America Plate CCCXLI (341). Audubon purchased a specimen of an Auk in London sometime before 1836 and used it in this painting. The bird later belonged to Vassar College and is now housed in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
IRN: 2031022
GUID: ab759cfc-c75d-44d6-a1e4-ade36113e5b2