Object Details
- Artist
- Joseph Bartholomew Kidd, Scottish, born Edinburgh, Scotland ca. 1808-died Greenwich, England 1889
- Copy after
- John James Audubon, born Les Cayes, Haiti 1785-died New York City 1851
- Luce Center Label
- Around 1830, John James Audubon commissioned the Scottish artist Joseph Bartholomew Kidd to copy many of his paintings of birds. Audubon hoped to use these paintings in a natural history gallery that would tour England. The project was never completed, however, in part because Kidd took too long to finish the work. In this painting, Kidd directly copied the four birds on a branch from the original illustration, then added a landscape to the background to create an “embellished” painting for Audubon’s proposed exhibition.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U. S. National Museum
- n.d.
- Object number
- 1953.3.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 26 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. (66.8 x 52.7 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 5A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Landscape\plain
- Landscape\tree\pine tree
- Animal\bird\grosbeak
- Record ID
- saam_1953.3.4
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk70cf4c429-d43d-43c1-9400-1a22148cc46d
