This is a painting of a blue bird perched on a flowering branch. The bird has a blue head, tail, and wings, with a white throat and body, both tinged with pink. Its beak is black with a hint of yellow. The bird is facing the right, standing on a branch with green leaves and partially open pink-purple flowers. The background is beige paper, and there are some written lines of text at the bottom of the painting.
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Blue Yellow Back Warbler

John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)

1812

Medium
watercolor and gouache over graphite
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 36.2 × 27.7 cm (14 1/4 × 10 7/8 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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