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Nests and eggs of the birds of the United States
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gentry - Thomas George Gentry (1843-1905)
  • 1882
Description:
Published by J. A. Wagenseller
Birds that hunt and are hunted : life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water-fowls.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Blanchan - Neltje Blanchan (1865-1918)
  • 1905 ?
Description:
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Signed by the author.
Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Blanchan - Neltje Blanchan (1865-1918)
  • 1908
Description:
With an introduction by John Burroughs, Published by Doubleday, Page & Co.
Bird-life : a guide to the study of our common birds
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Chapman - Frank Michler Chapman (1864-1945)
  • 1915
Description:
By Frank M. Chapman with seventy-five full-page colored plates after drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton. Published by D. Appleton.
Birds of America.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Pearson - Thomas Gilbert Pearson (1873-1943)
  • 1923
Birds of America.
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Editor-in-Chief, T. Gilbert Pearson, consulting editor, John Burroughs. Published by The University Society, Inc. Nature Lovers Library, volume 3.
Wood carving : with suggestions in chip carving : designed as an elementary course of instruction and to meet the requirements of technical classes in connection with the Board of Education.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Simmonds - Thos. C. Simmonds
  • 1924
Description:
By Thomas C. Simmonds with numerous illustrations by the author, published by George Allen & Unwin, 1892, reprinted 1924.
Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Chapman - Frank Michler Chapman (1864-1945)
  • 1927
Description:
By Frank M. Chapman, with full-page plates in colors and black and white by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Revised edition. Published by D. Appleton and Co. Maps on end papers.
Mallard Drake
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1930
Mallard Drake
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Miniature; head and body one piece, wire legs set into round, black base, feet painted, semi-detailed. Marked on underside of base: "Mallard, W.H. Gilley, First Bird, Made 1930, Addie Gilley." First bird carving by Wendell H. Gilley.
Bull Moose
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1930 c
Bull Moose
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Hanger on back. Unsigned, not dated
King Eider, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1931
King Eider, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Miniature; Flying, screw eye in body for hanging, one extra hole present beneath screw eye; painted eyes, carved feet, feather detail carved into wings and tail, King Eider beak marking absent. Carved after the fashion of A. J. Dando's birds owned by Caroll Tyson. Signed: "Gilley," on underside of upper wing; Marked "Addie Gilley," on underside of lower wing.
Black Duck
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1931 - 1932
Black Duck
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Miniature flying black duck; upper wing wired for hanging; no legs, marked underside of right wing: “Addie Gilley,” underside of left wing: “Black duck, Gilley.” Carved and painted detail of plumage; Early 10 birds.
Portraits of New England birds.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Fuertes - Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927)
  • 1932
Portraits of New England birds.
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Drawn in color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Allan Brooks for "Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states" by Edward Howe Forbush. Published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Brief bird biographies : a guide to birds through habitat associations.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Street - J. Fletcher Street (1880-)
  • 1933
Description:
Published by Grosset & Dunlap
Man
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1935
Man
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Miniature; carved figure of bearded man with blue plaid scarf, white shirt, brown coat and trousers, wearing sou'wester; carved and painted detail, attached to square bottom base. Marked "by W.H. Gilley" on underside.
Herring Gulls
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1935
Herring Gulls
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
3 miniature adults on driftwood base ; far left gull taking flight on toes, wings raised, beak agape; middle gull standing, wing partially raised, partially folded; right side gull standing, wings folded ; all with painted details, metal feet ; signed on side of base: "Gilley",
American Goldeneye Relief
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1935 c
American Goldeneye Relief
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Very early Gilley diorama ; carved and painted American goldeneye against painted winter scene on board. Marked "Made about 1935 Wendell Gilley" on back. Signed "Gilley on bottom front.
Pheasants, their lives and homes.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Beebe - William Beebe, (1877-1962)
  • 1936
Description:
Published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
Birds of America
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Pearson - Thomas Gilbert Pearson (1873-1943)
  • 1936
Birds of America
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Editor-in-Chief, T. Gilbert Pearson, consulting editor, John Burroughs. With 106 plates in full color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Published by Garden City Books.
Duck Scene Plaque
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1936 c
Duck Scene Plaque
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Carved and painted scene of a mallard duck landing on water
Flying Mallard Relief
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1936 c
Flying Mallard Relief
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Painted board with miniature flying mallard attached. Inscribed on back "Given to J.E. Brown by Wendelll Gilley circ. 1936"; "Presented to the Gilley Museum July 1984."
Herring Gull
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1937
Herring Gull
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Herring gull in adult plumage, standing at ease on wire legs, feet painted onto the base. Signed "by W. H. Gilley" on underside of base
Man
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1938
Man
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Miniature; carved figure of bearded man with pipe, wearing hat, red patterned scarf, light blue shirt, dark blue trousers, high block boots; attached to rectangular wooden base. Marked "by W.H. Gilley" on underside.
Great Horned Owl
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1940
Great Horned Owl
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Miniature; perched on driftwood "stump" mounted on carved wooden base, head turned over left shoulder, body and ear-tufts erect, toes in correct formation on stump; glass eyes, painted plumage detail; muted colors. Marked "Gt. Horned Owl by W.H. Gilley, Addie Giley" on underside. Brass screw and extra hole visible under base.
Mallard Drake
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1940
Mallard Drake
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Miniature swimming drake, muted colors, painted details, glass eyes, small lead loop, bent, near tail feathers. Underside signed, marked, dated ; "Gilley, Addie Gilley, 1940."
Tree Sparrow
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1940
Tree Sparrow
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Approx. 2/3 life size; semi-erect posture, facing forward, tail horizontal; glass eyes, wire legs set in smooth mound base, painted feet. Signed and marked "Addie Gilley, Tree Sparrow by W.H Gilley" on underside of base.