Curved-Billed Thrasher (Formerly Named Palmer) in Cholla Cactus, Arizona
William Lovell Finley, Curved-Billed Thrasher (Formerly Named Palmer) in Cholla Cactus, Arizona, 1910, gelatin silver print, Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund, © unknown, research required, 1999.51.3
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- Title
Curved-Billed Thrasher (Formerly Named Palmer) in Cholla Cactus, Arizona
- Artist
- Date
1910
- Medium
gelatin silver print
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 4 15/16 in x 3 9/16 in; sheet: 4 15/16 in x 3 9/16 in
- Collection Area
Photography; Northwest Art
- Category
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund
- Accession Number
1999.51.3
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
Conservationist and wildlife photographer William Lovell Finley was particularly fond of birds. His 1907 publication American Birds Studied and Photographed from Life is illustrated with more than one hundred pictures of owls, hummingbirds, eagles, sparrows, and many other species. Finley explained in the introduction, "It is the bird as a live creature, its real wild personality and character, that I have tried to portray." A longtime resident of Oregon, he worked diligently to establish wildlife refuges and encourage conservation in the state. The William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, located near Corvallis, was established in his honor in 1964, and serves as an important wintering habitat for dusky Canada geese.
- Exhibitions
2003 In Varied and Particular Ways: Photographs from a Century of Photography Portland Art Museum
2013 Fierce: Animal Life from the Collection Portland Art Museum