Rockwell Kent [illus.], Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom. By Gerald H. Thayer; illustrated by Abbott H. Thayer [et al.]. New York: Macmillan Co., 1909.
![Rockwell Kent [illus.], Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom. By Gerald H. Thayer; illustrated by Abbott H. Thayer [et al.]. New York: Macmillan Co., 1909.](https://sca.bowdoin.edu/50-books/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/nggallery/50-books/kent1.jpg "Rockwell Kent [illus.], Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom. By Gerald H. Thayer; illustrated by Abbott H. Thayer [et al.]. New York: Macmillan Co., 1909.")
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In this book, artist Abbott H. Thayer and his son Gerald asserted and illustrated their views about how animals use natural camouflage to conceal themselves from predators. Although Thayer's biological ideas were controversial, aspects of his color theories were subsequently applied to military camouflage during World War I. Rockwell Kent, then a student of Thayer's, contributed a depiction of a 'copperhead snake on dead leaves' for this work-it marked Kent's first book illustration.
Transfer: Museum of Art.