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Humming Bird or Crested Bird

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Type
Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date
ca. 1906
Accession number
2000.5.1144
Maker
Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer
John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions
14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.)
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Description
Large tree branches interwoven with climbing vine with clusters of pink and blue floral sprays. Three birds perched at intervals - one with green head at left, central in pink and blue with crest on head like woodpecker, and small bird at right in yellow and blue. Criss-crossed geometric sketches in graphite on verso.
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department
European Art
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