Taylor Johnson Yellowlegs

J. Taylor Johnson (1853-1929) Point Pleasant, NJ, c. 1900 11 1/2 in. long

An exemplary yellowlegs with an elegant thin neck and refined head. The body shows Taylor Johnson's telltale log-split lines and a screw-eye under the tail used for carrying the bird into the field. Original paint with light gunning wear, reset age line through neck. Minor chips to top of bill insertion and to tip of bill. Minor age lines in head.

Provenance: The Johnson Collection

Literature: Robert Shaw, "Bird Decoys of North America," New York, NY, 2010, p. 190, rigmates illustrated. Gene and Linda Kangas, "Decoys: A North American Survey," Spanish Fork, UT, 1983, p. 168, pl. 354, related decoy illustrated.

Provenance

The Johnson Collection