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  • 2023.10.23
1641A question of balance
  • Publication, Book
  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Events, Exhibitions
Description:
Published by Raymond F. Evans Sporting Art Gallery, Albany Museum of Art, Albany, Georgia
  • 89.3.3
1283Mourning Dove
  • Carving, 1/2 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Resting bird, head slightly tucked, bill downwards, tail swept up and wing tips cropped; minimal carved detail, incised wings ; glass eyes, metal legs and feet with talons clutching downward on driftwood burl base. Signed "Gilley" on top of base, lower left; no date on piece but approximately 1948.
  • 20.01.042
1284Herring Gull Pair
  • Carving, Pair, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed on bottom of base: "by W. H. Gilley" ; no date
  • 20.01.044
1286Pileated Woodpecker
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Inscribed "Pileated Woodpecker by W. H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
  • 89.3.2
1288Herring Gull on Red Buoy
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Gull in adult plumage, head erect and straight ahead, wing tips balanced high over tail, feet braced on a navigational buoy called a red nun. Glass eyes, wire legs and metal feet. Buoy painted with white Arabic numeral "4". Carved oval pine base, gouge-carved and painted to resemble sea water. No date visible.
  • 84.1.2
1289Yellowlegs
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
Description:
Life size; adult on driftwood base, standing with right foot raised. Underside of base marked "Yellowlegs 1972"
  • 20.01.049
1291Red Legged Black Duck
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on top right of base. "National Woodcarvers Association Member"stamped on underside of base. No date
  • 20.01.050
1292Great Blue Heron Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley", no date
  • 20.01.051
1293Mallard Drake
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Marked "Joe Simmons" on underside of base ; no date
  • 89.4.1
1294Herring Gull
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Herring gull in adult plumage, taking off from a smooth burl driftwood base ; carved with minimum of detail; outside wing edges notched to suggest feathers; painted eyes, bill, legs and feet. W.H.G. marked on underside of base ; no date on piece but probably from the 1940s
  • 20.01.053
1295Mallard Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left side of base. Marked "Mallard's" on underside of base. Has artist's stamp on underside of base. No date
  • 20.01.054
1296Bufflehead
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Stamped "Gilley" and dated on underside.
  • 89.3.8
1297Bufflehead
  • Carving, 1/3 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Male bufflehead in adult plumage, swimming position ; head withdrawn and turned slightly to the left ; glass eyes, matte black, white, greys with minimal body detail ; blending of red/orange on head behind white wedge. Underside signed in pyrographic scratching "W.H.G." "Gilley" branded in script. Also written in felt-tip pen " '82 Buffle-Head".
  • 89.3.5
1298Canvasback
  • Carving, Decoy, 1/4 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Canvasback drake in swimming position, adult plumage, scant carved detail ; completely withdrawn head, turned slightly to the right. Signed "by W. H. Gilley 1971"
  • 89.3.15
1299Canada Goose
  • Carving, Decoy, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Adult in swimming position, head erect on slightly bent neck facing straight forward; glass eyes ; signed "Gilley 72" on underside where felt is cut away
  • 20.01.058
1300Bald Eagle
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left side of driftwood base; no date
  • 2007.01.01
1302Common Loon
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right side of base ; circa 1950's
  • 20.01.061
1303Ruffed Grouse
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" in white on top left of base ; no date
  • 89.3.11
1304Baldpate, Male
  • Carving, 1/3 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Now known as American Wigeon ; marked "Baldpate '74, #28" on underside of base ; humped "clamshell" base is a driftwood burl ; wire legs and metal feet with tiny talons; signed "Gilley" on left front of base
  • 89.3.6
1305Bluebird, Pair
  • Carving, Multiple Birds, Miniatures
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Adult male and female mounted on pine and twig base, the lower bird (female) in downward crouching position, the male perched on lower fork of twig ; wire legs and metal feet, glass eyes ; signed "Gilley" on carved base.
  • 20.01.064
1306Atlantic Puffin
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left front of carved wood base ; marked "8/11/82, To the Whitlocks in appreciation, Wendell Gilley"
  • 20.01.065
1307Black Duck, Male
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Male, preening ; signed "Gilley" on rear of base ; stamped "Wendell H. Gilley" on underside of base
  • 20.01.066
1308Great Blue Heron
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right front of driftwood base ; no date
  • 20.01.067
1309Pintail, Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" in white on right front of oblong base ; marked "Pintail ducks by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
  • 81.1.174
1310Greater Roadrunner
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Adult, standing on mesquite base, tail erect ; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned, and painted detail ; carved circa 1977, painted and completed winter, 1981. Signed "Gilley" with artist's branding iron on flat side of base. Companion piece 81.1.175.
  • 81.1.175
1311Greater Roadrunner
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Life-size adult "running" on mesquite base ; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail ; carved circa 1977, painted and completed winter 1981. Unsigned. Companion piece 81.1.174.
  • 20.01.071
1313Osprey with Flounder on Branch
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right front of oblong base ; no date
  • 84.1.1
1314Wood Duck, Pair
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right side of base ; no date
  • 20.01.073
1315Wood Stork
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Wire legs, painted feet ; no signature or date
  • 94.1.1
1316Little Blue Herons
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Juvenile standing with wings raised on branch, adult standing on base ; signed "Gilley" on right rear corner of base ; no date
  • 20.01.075
1317Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Solitary sandpiper perched with wings upright on driftwood branch ; spotted sandpiper standing, body tilted downward, on carved oblong base. Signed "Gilley" on left front of oblong base ; no date
  • 20.01.076
1318Common Tern, Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left side of driftwood base ; no date
  • 20.01.077
1319Canada Goose
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley '56" on side of base
  • 20.01.078
1320Canada Goose
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley '56" on left side of driftwood base
  • 20.01.079
1321Pintail, Pair
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left front side of driftwood base. Dated 1966
  • 20.01.081
1323Canada Goose
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base ; not dated
  • 20.01.082
1324Mallard, Female
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base ; underside of base marked "Joe Simmons"and "Dana Fife"
  • 20.01.084
1326Northern Cardinal
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on front of driftwood branch ; no date
  • 20.01.085
1327Mallard Drake
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Underside of base marked "Mallard"; "by W. H. Gilley" written on piece of tape affixed below "Mallard"
  • 20.01.086
1331Mallard, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Flat bottom, swimming. No signature or date. Appears to have once been attached to something
  • 20.01.087
1332Black Duck, Pair
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Flat bottom, swimming, appear to have been once attached to something, no signature or date
  • 20.01.088
1333Ring-necked Pheasant
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Relief of bird in flight; hook for hanging; no signature or date
  • 89.4.2
1334Herring Gull
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
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
  • 20.01.092
1337Shoveler
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base
  • 20.01.093
1338Woodcock
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on front right of carved oblong base
  • 20.01.094
1339Herring gull
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on flat side of driftwood
  • 20.01.095
1340Mallard Drake
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Underside of base stamped "W.H. Gilley"
  • 20.01.096
1341Canvasback
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
  • 20.01.097
1342Canada Goose
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left front of driftwood base
  • 20.01.098
1343Herring Gull on Piling
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Gilley's stamp on underside of base, no date visible
  • 20.01.099
1344Great Egret
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on top rear of driftwood base ; no date
  • 20.01.100
1345Wild Turkey
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Underside of base marked: "Wild Turkey made for Hilda and Hulda Bragdon Christmas 1974 by Wendell Gilley"
  • 20.01.101
1346Herring Gull
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right side of base ; Gilley's stamp on underside of base ; no date
  • 20.01.103
1348Herring Gull
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Initials W.H.G. marked on underside of base ; no date
  • 20.01.104
1349Bobwhite Quail, Pair
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on front left of base ; no date
  • 20.01.105
1350Bald Eagle
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on backside of driftwood ; no date
  • 20.01.107
1357Ring-necked pheasant
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on front right of driftwood base
  • 89.3.17
1359Woodcock
  • Carving, 3/4 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Adult woodcock with feet stretching downward over face of the domed burl base ; head erect facing straight ahead with long bill pointed downward ; glass eyes, wire legs and metal feet. Signed "Gilley '80" on right side of base ; Marked "Woodcock by W.H. Gilley 1980" on underside of base.
  • 20.01.110
1360Woodcock
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Label affixed to underside of base: "American Woodcock, 1971 ; Addie Gilley Collection"
  • 99.3.2
1361Bobwhite
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Underside of base inscribed "Bob White by W. H. Gilley 1974 ; Made for the 'Cheevers'" ; artist's stamp on underside of base.
  • 96.1.1
1362Woodcock
  • Carving, 2/3 Life-size
  • Birds
Description:
No base ; carved from balsa wood ; glass eyes, cast metal three-toed feet ; flat polychrome paint is applied in a somewhat stylized rather than strictly naturalistic, feather treatment ; Signed "Gilley" between feet below a small round hole ; no date
  • 96.2.8
1364Herring Gull, Pair
  • Carving, Pair, 1/4 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Two adult birds on a roughly "J" shaped driftwood base ; glass eyes ; cast lead legs and feet. Signed "Gilley" on right side of driftwood base below the sitting gull ; inscribed "Made for Hilda - Hulda Bragdon 1972" on underside of base.
  • 20.01.116
1367King Eider
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
  • 20.01.117
1368Spotted sandpiper
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on underside of driftwood base ; no date
  • 20.01.118
1369Woodcock
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
  • 20.01.119
1370Long-tailed duck
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Marked "Old Squaw (cock) by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
  • 91.01.03
1374Canvasback, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.02
1375Canvasback, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.15
1376Mallard, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.14
1377Mallard, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.11
1378Pintail, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.19
1380Ruddy Duck, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.18
1381Ruddy Duck, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.09
1382Wood Duck
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.10
1383Pintail
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.16
1384Goldeneye, Drake
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.17
1385Goldeneye, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.23
1386Barrow's Goldeneye, Drake
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.28
1387Surf scoter, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Skunk head"
  • 91.01.29
1388Surf scoter, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.12
1389White-winged scoter, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.01
1390Whimbrel
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has stamp "A. E. Crowell, East Harwich" on underside of base.
  • 91.01.27
1391Common Eider
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Sea Duck"
  • 91.01.22
1392Long-tailed Duck, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Oldsquaw"
  • 91.01.24
1393Greater Scaup, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Bluebill"
  • 91.01.25
1394Greater Scaup, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Fe. Bluebill"
  • 91.01.33
1395Bufflehead, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.34
1396Bufflehead, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.08
1397Common Merganser, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Gooseander"
  • 91.01.07
1401Brant
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.31
1402Black Duck
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.30
1403Hooded Merganser, Drake
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.04
1404Blue-winged Teal, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Blue Teal"
  • 91.01.05
1405Blue-winged Teal, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Fe. Blue Teal"
  • 91.01.32
1406Green-winged Teal, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Green Teal"
  • 91.01.13
1407Redhead
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.26
1408Northern Shoveler
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked: "Shoveler"
  • 91.01.06
1409Canada Goose
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
1416Postcard showing Mallard Drake
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Postcard depicting a carved mallard on a driftwood base signed "Gilley" ; "Mallard Drake bird carving by Wendell Gilley" printed on reverse side of card.
1417Postcard Showing Canada Goose Carving
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Postcard depicting a carved Canada goose which appears to be flying over a hedge ; "Canada Goose bird carving by Wendell Gilley" printed on reverse side of card.
1418Advertising photograph for Warren Tools
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Wendell Gilley carved the chickadee in this photo used as an advertisement for Warren Tool shortly before his death in 1982. Mounted on mat board ; Warren Tool Co. label on reverse side of board. Accompanied by handwritten note from Fred Clark, President of Warren Tool.
1419Willet
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of willet carved by Wendell Gilley. Stamped "Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine" on back ; numbered "#40"
1420Gulls
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of an interior showing gull carvings, including a mobile, by Wendell Gilley. Stamped "Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine" on back.
1421Herring Gull on Buoy
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of a herring gull carved by Wendell Gilley. The gull is perched on a buoy with the number 7 painted on it. Behind the gull is a painted scene of water and rocks. Stamped "W.H. Ballard, Photographer, S. W. Harbor, Me" on back.
1422Blue-winged Teal, Pair
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of a pair of blue-winged teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sec. of Treas. Robert Anderson 1958" on reverse.
1423Cinnamon Teal, Pair
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of a pair of cinnamon (?) teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sam Rayburn" on reverse. "1958" written in blue ballpoint lower right corner.
1424Group of four ducks and a Canada goose
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of five birds carved by Wendell Gilley. Clockwise from left: black duck, Canada goose, canvasback, harlequin duck, and common eider. Stamped "W.H. Ballard, Photographer, S. W. Harbor, Me" on back. Numbered "#28" in pencil above stamp.
1425Pileated Woodpecker
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of a carving by Wendell Gilley of a pileated woodpecker perched on driftwood
1426Yellowlegs
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of a carving of a yellowlegs by Wendell Gilley.
1427Bobwhite
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of an interior showing a grouping of bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gilley mounted over a fireplace .
1428Bobwhite
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Single bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gilley that is part of group shown mounted over a fireplace in another photograph.
1429Bobwhite
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Partial view of a group of bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gillley shown mounted over a fireplace in another photograph.
1431Bald Eagle
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of bald eagle carved by Wendell H. Gilley. Marked "Finished June 1966" on reverse side.
1432Bald Eagle With Fish
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of bald eagle, perched with wings spread above fish on oval base, carved by Wendell H. Gilley. Marked "Eagle with fish by Wendell Gilley" in ink on reverse side.
1433Canada Geese, Pair
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of a pair of Canada geese carved by Wendell H. Gilley
1434Lobby display, Bostitch Company, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1961
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of a display in the lobby of Bostitch in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, including a pair of terns carved by Wendell Gilley.
1435Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Sherman L. Smith, November 9, 1961
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Letter accompanying a photograph of the Bostitch Company lobby where Wendell Gilley's carving of terns were on display
1436Marbled Godwit
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of a marbled (?) godwit carved by Wendell H. Gilley. The carving appears to be part of a diorama. On reverse side in pencil: "George W. Pepper 3rd" . "Roche Photography, Caldwell N.J." stamp on reverse.
1437Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 17, 1978
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, concerning wood carving tools and ways of holding tools on a work bench. Also mentioned is a grouse carving loaned to Harry Meech, one of the founders of the National Carvers Museum.
1445Letter from Jack Ekstrom to Fred Clark, 1993
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • Other, Literature
Description:
Letter to the president of Warren Tool Co. from artist Ekstrom about an article and artwork of Wendell Gilley's chickadee for Popular Woodworking. Ekstrom describes how he had to carve the chickadee himself before he could finish the article.
  • 20.01.123
1447Common Loon
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Flat bottomed, felt attached to underside
1450Atlantic Puffin
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of an Atlantic Puffin carving by Wendell H. Gilley set among rocks. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1451Wendell Gilley Painting a Canada Goose
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
Description:
Wendell Gilley seated in his workshop next to a window with miniature carvings on windowsill. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1452Wendell Gilley Painting a Godwit
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
Description:
Wendell Gilley painting a carving in his workshop with a pipe in his mouth. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1457Wendell Gilley's Carving Desk
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Gilley's desk covered with boxes of carved birds, tools, and other supplies ; "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
  • 96.2.3
1458Brown pelican
  • Carving, 1/5 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Adult male in breeding plumage depicted on a wooden piling attached to egg-shaped pine base ; cast lead legs and feet, glass eyes ; signed "Gilley '75" on front of base. Underside of base marked: "Hilda and Hulda Bragdon, 1975" and signed "by Wendell Gilley"
  • 20.01.128
1461Red Knot
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Underside of base marked "Knot by W. H. Gilley approx 1946."
  • 89.3.24
1464House Wren
  • Carving, 3/4 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Adult bird balances on the front face of burl base with wire legs and toes with talons clutching downward ; deeply arched back with vertical tail and bill pointing almost to sky. Glass eyes. Signed "Gilley/'78" on top edge of base. Underside of base marked "House Wren 1978, #34" and stamped "Wendell H. Gilley".
  • 89.3.7
1465Hermit Thrush
  • Carving, Almost Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Glass eyes ; wire and metal feet and legs ; feet are atop a "stump" of a small branch mounted in turn on a carved pine base. Underside of base marked "Hermit Thrush by Wendell Gilley 1977.
  • 89.3.9
1466Blue Jay with Acorn
  • Carving, 3/4 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Blue jay with real acorn in its beak perched on driftwood branch on oval base ; wire and metal legs and feet ; glass eyes ; signed "Gilley" on front of base ; no date
  • 20.01.134
1468Atlantic Puffin
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Underside of base marked: "Puffin by W. H. Gilley " ; signature "Gilley" burned into bottom of base
  • 81.7.1
1469Belted Kingfishers, Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Underside of base marked "Belted Kingfishers by Wendell Gilley 1977. Also stamped "W.H. Gilley"
  • 20.01.137
1471Ring-necked Ducks, Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right of carved wooden base. Underside of base marked "'Ring-neck Ducks' by Wendell Gilley, Southwest Harbor Maine ; Made especially for Dr. Claud F. Young". Not dated.
1475Sandpiper
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Carved sandpiper on driftwood placed on a sandy surface with painted backdrop. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1476Gadwall
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Gadwall on driftwood base set on reflective surface with grasses in background. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1477Osprey
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Osprey with wings raised placed in setting of rocks and branches. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1478Great Blue Heron
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Heron standing on driftwood base with beak pointing upward against painted background. In pencil on reverse: "Blue Heron." "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1479Cormorant
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Cormorant standing on stump against painted background. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1481Letter to Fred Clark from Nina Gormley, February 22, 1992
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Letter thanking Fred Clark, President of Warren Tool Co., for promoting the Gilley Museum in its catalog. The letter also describes winter events at the museum as well as the museum's collection of taxidermy.
1482Advertising photograph for Warren Tools
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of Gilley chickadee carving used to sell blanks in the Warren Tool catalog. Warren Tool Co. stamped on reverse side.
1483Advertising photograph for Warren Tools
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of Gilley chickadee carving used to sell blanks in the Warren Tool catalog. Note on reverse written by Warren Tool president Fred Clark: "Note: Carved chickadee (shown) personal gift from the late Wendall [sic] Gilley..."
  • 91.01.35
1492Hooded Merganser, Hen
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 84.2.1
1499Duck Scene Plaque
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Carved and painted scene of a mallard duck landing on water
  • 89.3.4
1501Roadrunner
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Adult male roadrunner in a typical "striding" position, head outstretched with slightly dropped wings. Minimal carved detail, more developed painted detail. Glass eyes, wire legs, metal feet. Mounted on oval pine base, gouge-carved and painted. Marked on underside of base in ballpoint pen: "Road Runner"; signed "Gilley" on lower edge of top of base. No date
  • 96.2.2
1510Mallard Plaque
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Carving of a half-bodied mallard duck in flight superimposed on a painted scene of shoreline and water ; duck approximately seven inches long, six inches high ; both legs are broken off and missing ; traces of practice painting on reverse ; edges painted silver ; signed bottom right "Gilley"
1530A Tern of the Tide
  • Image, Art, Relief Print, Linocut
  • Birds
Description:
Reduction linocut on Rives BFK paper, (16/18)
1533Bald Eagle Family
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Family of bald eagles, the female perched on the edge of the nest containing two chicks, the male on a branch above with wings spread ; signed "Gilley" on base ; no visible date
  • 20.01.142
1535Mallard Drake
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Mallard male on long driftwood base ; underside of base inscribed "Wendell Gilley approx. 1940s"
1536Black-capped Chickadee Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Two Chickadees mounted on driftwood branch attached to carved wooden base ; upper bird is upside down, lower bird faces out from branch ; glass eyes, wire legs and feet ; no visible date ; signed "Gilley" on rear of base.
1537Black-capped Chickadee
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Chickadee with head down perched on driftwood branch attached to carved oval wooden base ; glass eyes, wire legs and feet ; signed "Gilley" on rear left of base ; no date visible
1538Mallard Drake
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Male mallard mounted on driftwood attached to smooth painted wooden base ; signed "Gilley" in light grey on front of base; no visible date
1544Saw-whet Owl
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Owl looking over left shoulder, perched on driftwood base. Inscribed "Made especially for Hilda + Hulda Bragdon , Saw whet owl" on underside of base ; signed W.H. Gilley and dated 1969.
1546Wood Duck, Group
  • Carving, Multiple Birds, 1/4 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Approx. 1/4 life size group of four; two males, two females on driftwood branch mounted on smooth oblong wooden base. Underside of base inscribed "Wood Ducks by Wendell Gilley 1976".
1551Herring Gull
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Open winged gull with metal legs and feet mounted on driftwood branch ; signed "Gilley" in black on top of base beneath gull's beak and dated 1962.
1571Whooping Cranes
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Object, Art
Description:
Whooping Cranes by Walter Matia, 1990. Dedicated May 26, 1992 in memory of Foster B. Whitlock
1572Bobwhite Quail, Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Glass eyes, wire legs and feet, carved and painted detail. Mounted on driftwood base. Signed "Gilley" on right rear of base, no date
1584Patterns by Wendell Gilley
  • Image, Art, Drawing
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Loose-leaf binder containing photocopies of bird carving patterns drawn by Wendell Gilley. Index of patterns in front pocket of binder.
1599Heron Patterns
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • Woodworking Pattern
Description:
Various paper patterns drawn by Wendell Gilley for use in carving herons
  • 2022.01.01
1600Chickadee Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
One chickadee hanging upside down near top of branch above second chickadee perched on lower part of branch. Branch attached to carved oval wooden base. Underside of base inscribed "Chickadees by Wendell Gilley S.W. Harbor, Maine. No date visible.
  • 2022.02.01
1601Waterfowl of North America
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
Number 102 of 1000 book edition. Contains 42 plates. Published by Frame House Printing. Also included with this book dontion are seven holiday cards created by Zimmerman and sent by him to the donor's parents.
  • 22.03.01
1602Saw-whet Owl
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Saw-whet owl looking to the side, perched on driftwood branch. Underside of driftwood inscribed Saw Whet Owl by W.H. Gilley 1969. Signed "Gilley" on lower part of driftwood near owl's tail.
  • 22.03.02
1603Saw-whet Owl
  • Carving, 1/2 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Saw-whet owl looking to the side, perched on driftwood branch attached to carved wooden base by single screw. Underside of base inscribed Saw-whet Owl 1/2 life size made for Mary Holmes 1973. Signed "Gilley" on lower part of driftwood branch.
  • 22.03.03
1604Great Blue Heron
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Great blue heron standing on driftwood branch. Metal legs and feet. Branch signed "Gilley '73" near feet. Underside inscribed "Gt. Blue Heron", "Addie Gilley",
  • 22.03.04
1605Quail
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Quail standing on mound shaped wooden base, one leg lifted. Very faded signature on underside of base. No date visible.
  • 22.04.01
1606Nests and eggs of the birds of the United States
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
Published by J. A. Wagenseller
  • 22.04.02
1607Pheasants, their lives and homes.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
Published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
  • 22.04.03
1608Birds of America
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
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.
  • 22.04.04
1609The Quails.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
Illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques. Published by MacMillan.
  • 22.04.05
1610Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
With an introduction by John Burroughs, Published by Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • 22.04.06
1611Brief bird biographies : a guide to birds through habitat associations.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
Published by Grosset & Dunlap
  • 22.04.07
1612Rex Brasher's Birds & trees of North America. Volume one.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
Published by Rowman and Littlefield
  • 22.04.08
1613Feathered pets : a treatise on the food, breeding and care of canaries, parrots and other cage birds.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
25th edition. Published by the author.
  • 22.04.09
1614A book of ducks.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
Published by Penguin Books. Plates by Peter Shepheard. On cover: "A King Penguin Book." Endpaper signed "Wendell Gilley."
  • 22.04.11
1616Fåglar i naturen
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
Published in Stockholm by Wahlstrom & Widstrand. In Swedish. Flyleaf inscribed " To my friend Wendell Gilley, Scott".
  • 22.04.12
1617Birds : a demonstration in color reproduction from The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, reprinted from Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia, by permission.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
Front cover signed "W. H. Gilley, S.W. Harbor, Maine".
  • 22.04.14
1619American water and game birds.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
Silhouettes by Ugo Mochi. Photographs by Allan D. Cruikshank and others. Prepared in cooperation with the Chicago Natural History Museum. Published by E. P. Dutton & Co. Flyleaf inscribed : "To Wendell Gilley - May this book help a bit to inspire you to still more perfection in your art - Friend Billy B., 1956".
  • 22.04.16
1621Birds that hunt and are hunted : life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water-fowls.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Signed by the author.
  • 22.04.17
1622The warblers of America : a popular account of the wood warblers as they occur in the Western Hemisphere.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
By Ludlow Griscom, Alexander Sprunt, Jr. and other ornithologists of note. Illustrated by John Henry Dick. Published by The Devin-Adair Co.
  • 22.04.18
1623Birds of America.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
Editor-in-Chief, T. Gilbert Pearson, consulting editor, John Burroughs. Published by The University Society, Inc. Nature Lovers Library, volume 3.
  • 22.04.20
1624Portraits of New England birds.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
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.
  • 22.04.19
1625Menaboni's birds
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
By Athos and Sara Menaboni, published by Rinehart & Co.
  • 22.04.22
1627Audubon water bird guide : water, game and large land birds : eastern and central North America from southern Texas to central Greenland
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
By Richard H. Pough, color illustrations by Don Eckelberry, line drawings by Earl L. Poole. Maps on end papers. Sponsored by the National Audubon Society. Published by Doubleday & Co. First edition.
  • 22.04.23
1628Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
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.
  • 22.04.24
1629Bird-life : a guide to the study of our common birds
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
By Frank M. Chapman with seventy-five full-page colored plates after drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton. Published by D. Appleton.
  • 81.1.13
1001Black Duck
  • Carving
  • Birds
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.
1006The Art of Bird Carving: a Guide to a Fascinating Hobby
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Description:
A guide to a fascinating hobby! Wendell Gilley was a bird watcher and artist who carved birds in wood on Mount Desert Island, Maine. He started out carving two-inch wooden birds for Abercrombie & Fitch. The book is beautifully illustrated with color photographs and with drawings.
  • 81.1.97
1008Upland Plover
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
Description:
Life size; mounted on driftwood base, standing erect, left leg raised, head turned right; glass eyes, metal legs, burnt, carved and painted detail. Signed “Addie Gilley, Upland Plover, 1974, W.H Gilley” on underside of base. Small cracks at juncture of legs and body. Also called upland sandpiper. Companion piece no. 81.1.98.
  • 81.1.14
1011King Eider, Male
  • Carving, Mobil, Miniature
  • Birds
Description:
Miniature; flying carving, wire screwed into body for hanging; glass eyes, painted details of plumage and feet, some carved feather detail in wings; incorrect beak detail; artist copied from painting w/o front perspective. Signed: "Gilley" on white upper flank patch; "Addie Gilley" marked on underside of breast. Companion pieces: 81.1.15, 81.1.16.
  • 81.1.15
1012King Eider, Male
  • Carving, Mobil, Miniature
  • Birds
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.
  • 81.1.16
1013King Eider, Female
  • Carving, Mobil, Miniature
  • Birds
Description:
Miniature; flying, wire screwed into body for hanging; glass eyes, painted feet and plumage, carved feather detail in wings. Signed "Giley," under left wing; marked "Addie Gilley."
  • 81.1.17
1014Barn Owl
  • Carving, 1/5 Life-size
  • Birds
Description:
1/5 life size; on natural wooden base, hunched over as if watching for prey, toes positioned, 3 point back instead of natural 2:2; glass eyes, painted and carved detail. Signed: "Gilley '76" on right of base. Underside marked "Barn Owl by W.H. Gilley, Addie Gilley 1976."
  • 81.1.19
1016Herring Gull, Pair
  • Carving, Pair, 1/4 Life-size
  • Birds
Description:
1/4 life size; folded wings, perched on natural base; glass eyes, painted, semi-detailed plumage markings. Signed: "Gilley '73" on right side of base.
  • 81.1.20
1017Long-eared Owl with Black-capped Chickadee
  • Carving, Multiple Birds, 1/3 Life-size
  • Birds
Description:
Two carvings, 1/3 Life size (chickadee is in proportion to owl); mounted on natural wood, owl at bottom facing forward, chickadee perched on branch to the left and above the owl. On owl, two toes forward and two backward; no feet on chickadee; glued onto branch, Chickadee has pinhead black eyes, owl has glass eyes, both with painted and carved detail. Signed: "Gilley '72"; marked "l. eared owl," on underside of base.
  • 81.1.23
1021Bluebird
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
Description:
Life size; perched in downward stance on twig attached to carved wooden oblong base ; glass eyes, metal feet/legs ; blue paint partially rubbed off of head, back, and sides to give natural effect. Signed: "Gilley '76" on right side of base. Underside numbered "5."
  • 81.1.25
1022Bluebird
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
Description:
Life size; mounted on pear-shaped carved wooden base, perched sideways on branch, head turned forward; glass eyes. Signed "Gilley '76" on lower right. Underside marked: "Blue Bird by W.H Gilley 1976, 15."
  • 81.1.24
1023Bluebird
  • Carving
  • Birds
Description:
Life size adult in semi-upright stance, perched on twig attached to pear-shaped carved wooden base; glass eyes, has "observant look" ; metal legs/feet ; painted detail. Signed on base: "Gilley, '76." Underside marked: "Addie Gilley, 1976, 10."
  • 81.1.27
1024Bluebird
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
Description:
Life size, slightly oversized; perched on twig, mounted on carved oblong wooden base, horizontal stand, facing forward; glass eyes. Signed: "Gilley, '76" on right side of base, number 4 of 16. Underside marked "4 Addie Gilley."
  • 81.1.29
1027Ruffed Grouse, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
Description:
Miniature male in display; head turned towards left, left foot forward on pear-shaped smooth wooden base; glass eyes, wire legs, highly detailed plumage; multi-piece. Signed and marked under base: "Gilley, 1946, Ruffed Grouse, Addie Gilley."
  • 81.1.30
1028Woodcock Pair with Two Chicks
  • Carving, Multiple Birds, Miniatures
  • Birds
Description:
Miniature group on natural wooden base: male upright, wings hanging down, wire legs, painted feet; female nestled on wood, chicks between parent birds. Great degree of painted detail depicting adult and immature plumage. Signed "Gilley" on right side of base, underside marked: "Addie Gilley, Gilley."
  • 81.1.31
1029Pileated Woodpecker
  • Carving, 1/4 Life-size
  • Birds
Description:
1/4 life size; perched on driftwood mounted on carved wooden base, toes inaccurate: three front one rear instead of two and two; glass eyes, painted wired feet, painted detail. Signed lower right of natural wood: "Gilley." Underside of base marked: "Addie Gilley, Pileated Woodpecker, 1970, W.H. Gilley."