This painting shows three birds painted with detailed feathers in shades of brown, black, gray, white, and yellow. Closest to us, at the bottom of the painting, a bird is nestled in a straw nest on the ground. Slightly above that bird, another one is perched on a twig amidst tall green grass. Another twig rises from the grass towards the top of the painting, and on that twig the third bird is perched, its beak open. The birds are on a small area of grassy dirt on the right side of the painting, which is next to a wide, calm body of water that stretches to the horizon on the left side. The…
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Sharp-Tailed Finch

painter Joseph Bartholomew Kidd (Scottish, 1808 - 1889)

artist after John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)

1831/1833

Medium
pencil and oil on millboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 48.3 x 29.9 cm (19 x 11 3/4 in.) ; framed: 58.3 x 39.9 x 1.9 cm (22 15/16 x 15 11/16 x 3/4 in.)
Culture
British
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of E.J.L. Hallstrom
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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