This painting shows multiple birds on and around a small, leafy tree. The birds are a variety of colors and sizes, including birds that look like hawks, blue jays, hummingbirds, magpies, and kestrels. They are shades of black, white, brown, gray, red, yellow, and pale blue. The birds are positioned at various heights on the small tree and on the ground below, all facing different directions. The ground is green, with small grasses and ferns, and the sky behind the tree is pale yellow.

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Birds

American 19th Century

c. 1840

Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 43.1 x 35.5 cm (16 15/16 x 14 in.) ; framed: 53 x 45.4 x 2.8 cm (20 7/8 x 17 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Culture: American
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line: Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
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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