Harvard Art Museums > 1941.84: English Robin Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"English Robin (John James Audubon) , 1941.84,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 08, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/307726. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1941.84 People John James Audubon, American (Les Cayes, Haiti 1785 - 1851 New York, NY) Title English Robin Other Titles Former Title: English Redbreast Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1826 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/307726 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor and gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions 28 x 22.3 cm (11 x 8 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, l.l.: John J. Audubon / Drawn at Green Bank; l.r. 1826 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Rathbone family, Liverpool, England (?); art market; purchased by Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1941. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886 Accession Year 1941 Object Number 1941.84 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This is an English robin, or Erithacus rubecula melophilus, on a species of honeysuckle vine. Publication History Alan Burroughs, A History of American Watercolor Painting, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY, 1942), p. 17 John James Audubon, The 1826 Journal of John James Audubon, ed. Alice Ford, University of Oklahoma Press and Abbeville Press (Norman, OK, 1967), jacket ill.; p. 148, ill. Marjorie B. Cohn, Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1977), pp. 28, 88-89, cat. 3 Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), pp. 76-77, cat. 29, ill. Exhibition History A History of American Watercolor Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 01/27/1942 - 02/25/1942 Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/22/1977 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
