George Edwards, 1694–1773, British, Pied Wagtail and Dragonfly, undated
- Title:
Pied Wagtail and Dragonfly
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.1 × 20.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "Wagtail"; in graphite, upper right: "51"; inscribed on back in graphite, lower center: "D 3416/ George Edwarsd 1694-1773 | a pied wagtail | from an album of the artist's | drawings which belonged to his | descendants | LGD"
[Fragment - crown] Fleur-de-lis.
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.9723
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | bird | dragonfly | insect | Wagtails
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9509
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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. 220, 221, 229, N7650 .O4 2014
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