Elmer Crowell Open-bill Calling Yellowlegs

A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) East Harwich, MA, 1910 13 by 3 ¼ by 6 in.

Initialed “A.E.C. 1910” under right wing

Original paint; hairline check original to the bird under the paint along left side of the body; approximately 1 ½ inch chip missing from left wing tip; very end of right wing tip has been reset; the upper bill has approximately a 1 inch chip mostly to the right side and approximately ¼ inch missing from the tip; slight chip to left tip of tail; faint neck crack, early “gunning” touch up to inside left wing tip and to upper bill tip; in very good overall condition with light gunning wear.

Provenance: Commissioned by Harry V. Long, Cohasset, Massachusetts Private collection, by descent in the family

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Provenance

Commissioned by Harry V. Long, Cohasset, Massachusetts Private collection, by descent in the family