Exhibitions

Pribilof Fur Seals: A Study in Watercolors

May 1, 1979 – June 16, 1979

National Museum of Natural History
10th St. & Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC

2nd Floor

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View 15 studies by Henry Wood Elliott, one of the first to see the need for protection of the seals' breeding grounds. Preliminary sketches for the paintings were made in the 1870s.

The exhibit is taken from a larger group of works circulated by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.