- Title:
Mrs Pinckney and the Emancipated Birds of South Carolina
- Date:
- 2017
- Medium:
- Fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax-printed cotton textile, birdcage, birds, leather, and globe
- Dimensions:
- Overall: 97 × 51 × 27 inches (246.4 × 129.5 × 68.6 cm), Base or socle: 2 × 54 inches (5.1 × 137.2 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk, the Director's Discretionary Fund, and the Friends of British Art Fund
- Copyright Status:
- © Copyright Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, 2017.
- Accession Number:
- B2017.17
- Classification:
- Sculptures
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Subject Terms:
- American goldfinch | birdcage | birds | globe | Indigo bunting | painted bunting | portrait
- Associated People:
- Pinckney, Elizabeth [Eliza] Lucas (1722?–1793), agricultural innovator in America
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:73165
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