DrawingsFrench19th century

Two Dead Birds (Two Titmice)

19th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor heightened with white over graphite on gray-blue paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.7 x 15 cm (4 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.87

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