Carroll S. Tyson
1878 – 1956
In 1918 Carroll Tyson began a series of paintings of “20 Birds of Mount Desert Island.” They were exhibited several times as a group, including at the Delaware Art Museum (1939) and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1947). The watercolors were printed in a limited edition set of lithographs between 1934-35.
20 Birds of Mount Desert Island
American Goldfinch
American Goshawk
American Redstart
American Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Blue Jay
Broad-winged Hawk
Common American Crow
Cooper's Hawk
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Great Grey Owl
Hawk Owl
Old Squaw
Pigeon Hawk
Pileated Woodpecker
Ruffled Grouse
Snowy Owl
Sparrow Hawk