Collection Highlights
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
Date:
ca. 1869
Object Number:
LIB.CT.T8855.B7
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Titlark (Pipit-Anthus sp.), Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis), or Skylark (Alauda arvensis), Spring
Object Number:
1889.10.4.33
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink and gouache over black chalk on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 5/16 x 11 in. (21.1 x 27.9 cm), irregular
Marks:
Inside cover of Album 1 contains a printed catalogue description reading: "Drawings of European Birds, a Collection of upwards of 200 Drawings, most beautifully executed colours, of European Birds, taken from Nature, and most faithfully copied with a view
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right: 38
At lower center: 5. [wavy lines above and below] / 5.[in a wavy box]
Description:
Avian Study--Species unclear see inscription, possibly:
Titlark, actually a Pipit, (Anthus sp.), Alouette de prez (archaic);
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis), Pipit des prés; or
Skylark (Alauda arvensis), Spring, Alouette des champ
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
