Sutton, Emily, 1983-, Song thrush, ca. 2008
- Title(s):
Song thrush.
- Published/Created:
- ca. 2008.
- Physical Description:
- 1 embroidered bird ; 14 x 23 x 8 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFlat C 2017 1bYale Center for British Art, Gift of Nancy and Robert LindemeyerView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13263312
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- The work depicts a Song thrush (Turdus philomelos), with brown upperparts and black-spotted yellow and white underparts.
" ... made from painted and embroidered fabric, wrapped wire, glass (eyes) and wood (beak). It is part of an ongoing series of birds that I have been making since 2007 which were inspired by an interest in taxidermy as well as both American and British folk art traditions."--Correspondence from the artist, February 10, 2016. - Subject Terms:
- Birds -- Great Britain.Folk art.Song thrush.Taxidermy.Women in natural history.
- Form/Genre:
- Embroidery.
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