Abyssinian Birds & Mammals, Album of 1930 - Louis A. Fuertes (1874-1927) - 32 images

Discover the stunning beauty of Abyssinian Birds and Mammals with this album of 32 images by Louis A. Fuertes. 

This download features 32 hi-res images, in jpeg format, by the artist Louis A. Fuertes.

The images are all 300dpi and range in size from 2625 pixels wide/tall to 3448 pixels wide/tall.

Very sadly, it was these pictures that Fuertes was carrying when he met with his untimely death in 1927.  Upon his return from Ethiopia, Fuertes had visited the curator of the American Museum of Natural History at Tannersville, New York. Returning from the meeting, his car was hit by a train at a railroad crossing near Undilla, New York and he was killed. A load of hay had concealed the oncoming train. His wife was seriously injured but survived. All the paintings he carried survived undamaged and were published posthumously by the Field Museum of Natural History. 

The pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you’d like, including commercial use.

Read more about Louis A. Fuertes.