Category: The Black Star Collection
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: MERRITT III, Vernon
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.238808

Inscriptions:
recto, handwritten in pencil on masking tape: LEWIS 16-13B / [arrow pointing left] 44pi [arrow pointing right]; handwritten in blue pencil: P. 147; handwritten in red pencil: Hold / shape / and / detail; handwritten in red pencil: [editing marks around three birds in image, with lines for highlights]; verso, stamped in black ink: [star symbol] / Credit:: / [handwritten in blue ink] Vernon Merritt / from BLACK STAR; handwritten in pencil: 88145BRS / [line] / [illegible] / [line] / 19; handwritten in black ink: Three young egrets waiting / for a parent to return / with food. Egrets demonstrate / various nesting patterns. The / nest shown is within ^’ / of the water [illegible]/ Other / nests are found in dead / and dying trees as high as / 50’ above the water. The / low dwellers are more frequently / pray to the [illegible] alligators / that are constantly on parade / below.; handwritten in pencil: [illegible] 54 / 154 [underlined; handwritten in black ink: 3.

Tagasauris Keywords: Beak; Bird; Egret; Flora; Landscape; Night; No Photostyle; Nobody; Nobody; Outdoors; Panoramic; Still Life; Wildlife
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BIRDS / EGRETS
Retouching: N