This painting depicts a bird perched on a portion of a branch in the center, surrounded by blank beige paper. The bird is facing the left, and it has brown plumage on its head and wings, white feathers with black spots on its chest, and a faint red color on its tail. The branch it is perched on is white with thin gray lines. At the bottom of the painting, there are a few lines of handwritten text.
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Hermit Thrush

John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)

1820

Medium
black chalk, watercolor, and gouache over graphite
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 43.82 × 29.53 cm (17 1/4 × 11 5/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
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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