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William Lewin, 1747–1795, British, Hoopoe: Common Hoopoe, before 1790
- Title:
Hoopoe: Common Hoopoe
- Date:
- before 1790
- Medium:
- Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth white vellum
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 5/8 inches (21 × 16.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verson in graphite, center: "Hoopoe"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.607
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | beak | bird | perch
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10679
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Elisabeth Fairman, Of green leaf , bird , and flower : artists' books and the natural world, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014, pp. 156, 230, N7650 .O4 2014 [ORBIS]
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