Museum Collections
Luce Center
Redshank (Tringa totanus), Adult Non-breeding
Object Number:
1889.10.1.43
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor and gouache, with touches of white lead pigment and black ink over black chalk on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 5/8 x 10 1/8 in. (21.9 x 25.7 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 center: Chevalier rouge. Erythropus. 19[crossed out or underlined]
At lower left: 9./S./5.
Description:
Avian study
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.