Unknown artist, probably Indian, Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense) perched on Chinese hat plant (Holmskioldia sanguinea), ca. 1770
- Title:
- Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense) perched on Chinese hat plant (Holmskioldia sanguinea)
- Former Title(s):
- A Rose Eyed Nightingale
- Date:
- ca. 1770
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, gouache, pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 18 1/4 × 25 1/2 inches (46.4 × 64.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper right: "Bird. | Golaub Chissom | Rose Eye'd Nightingale"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1968
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | bird | botanical subject | plants (botany)
- Associated Places:
- India
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9456
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