Design For The First Federal Duck Stamp
Object NameDrawing
Artist / Maker
Jay Norwood Darling
(American, 1876 - 1962)
Date1934
MediumPen, ink and graphite
Dimensions12" x 17 1/2" (30.4 x 44.4cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of the J. N. "Ding" Darling Foundation. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM82.275ab
Status
Not on viewLabel TextDarling believed that every law and regulation should be observed by those privileged to hunt and fish. He designed the first of the duck stamps which financed the purchase of wetland habitat for inclusion in the Natural Wildlife Refuge System. In 1934 when Darling became Chief of the U.S. Biological Survey, he concentrated his efforts on expanding the nation's wildlife refuges. The most popular such refuge, at Sanibel, Florida, is named for him.
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard were reoccurring images in Darling's fine art prints as well as his cartoons. As he had previously drawn and refined Mr. and Mrs. Mallard, and the image was well developed when the idea and opportunity arose for the Federal Duck Stamp, Darling applied this beautiful, and tried and true image to the design of the first Federal Duck Stamp, issued in 1934.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Brunnier Art Museum
Object Name: Photoetching
Jay Norwood Darling
1934
Object number: UM82.166
Object Name: Hunting Stamp (a), Letter (b)
Jay Norwood Darling
void after 1935 (a), 1934 (b)
Object number: UM84.51ab
Object Name: Duck Stamp, 1935
Jay Norwood Darling
1935
Object number: UM82.171
Object Name: Editorial Cartoon
Jay Norwood Darling
May 9, 1936
Object number: U84.78
