DrawingsAmerican19th century

English Robin

1826

Artists

John James AudubonArtist

Description

This is an English robin, or Erithacus rubecula melophilus, on a species of honeysuckle vine.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28 x 22.3 cm (11 x 8 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Rathbone family, Liverpool, England (?); art market; purchased by Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1941.

Related Artworks

Drawings

Impost of North Doorway of West Front of Lincoln Cathedral

Charles Herbert Moore, c. 1885

Gray wash over graphite on blue wove paper

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Ruth and Naomi, Study for a Window, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York

John La Farge, c. 1904

Watercolor and chalk over graphite on off-white illustration board

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Lake

Denman Waldo Ross, 19th-20th century

Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Partial Adirondack Landscape

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1863?

Graphite on buff wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Interior Scene

Walter Gay, c. 1895-1915

Watercolor, white gouache and graphite on heavy white wove paper

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Henrietta Samuel Montagu Franklin (Mrs. Ernest Lewis Franklin)

John Singer Sargent, c. 1898

Graphite on off-white wove paper

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Capital, after the Antique

Robert David Gauley, 1893

Graphite on thin off-white wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Three Figures Grieving Over a Recumbent Man, study for "The Death of King John"

Washington Allston, c. 1837

Graphite on off-white wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Study for Flag Bearer and Soldier Holding France's Hand, for "Coming of the Americans," Widener Library, Harvard University

John Singer Sargent, 1921-1922

Charcoal on off-white laid paper

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Angel and Figure Sketch

Ephraim Whitman Gurney, 19th century

Graphite on off-white wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Bird, after Egyptian wall painting; verso: Lotus Blossom

Charles Herbert Moore, c. 1876-1878

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on cream wove paper; verso: graphite

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Lady Playing the Harp; verso: Sketches

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, c. 1849-51

Watercolor on cream wove paper; verso: watercolor and graphite

19th centuryAmerican