Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.1 × 20.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "Wagtail"; in graphite, upper right: "51"; inscribed on back in graphite, lower center: "D 3416/ George Edwarsd 1694-1773 | a pied wagtail | from an album of the artist's | drawings which belonged to his | descendants | LGD"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.9723
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
Wagtails | bird | animal art | insect | dragonfly
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Elisabeth Fairman, Of green leaf , bird , and flower : artists' books and the natural world, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014, pp. 220, 221, 229, N7650 .O4 2014