Birds

Painting

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Drexel Founding Collection

Name/Title

Birds

Entry/Object ID

549

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Ellen Drexel Paul Mills

Notes

Means of Accession: gift Accession Date: 1957

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Place

Country

England, United Kingdom

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Height

24 in

Width

31 in

Dimension Notes

Framed: 24x31 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Scenes including multiple birds on one canvas, regardless of their natural interactions, were popular in the 18th century, eventually giving way to simple, more intimate compositions.