Woman and Bird Cage
Drawing
ca. 1825-70 (drawn)
ca. 1825-70 (drawn)
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| Place of origin |
Pen and ink drawing depicting a woman's face behind a bird cage. Two birds have been freed, and they sit on perches on the left hand side with a black cat poised in the foreground.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Woman and Bird Cage (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Drawing |
| Brief description | Pen and ink drawing by Daniel Maclise depicting a woman and a bird cage. Great Britain, ca. mid-19th century. |
| Physical description | Pen and ink drawing depicting a woman's face behind a bird cage. Two birds have been freed, and they sit on perches on the left hand side with a black cat poised in the foreground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | grey / Blueish (Inscribed in ink next to highest bird.) |
| Credit line | Forster Bequest |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Pillar stand of thirty frames, containing three hundred and ninety drawings and sketches in pencil, pen and ink, and colour - figures, landscapes, etc. There are also seven by other hands (aside from Maclise) - Calderon, T.S. Cooper, Cope, Herbert, and Landseer, all R.A., F. Danby, A.R.A., and G. Cattermole.
These drawings and sketches include the following celebrated persons, amongst whom were several more of the Gallery of Illustrious Literary Characters: C.J. Apperley, Sir Egerton Brydges, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Lord Lytton), G. Cattermole, Sir Alexander Cockburn, Joshua Cristall, Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield), M. Faraday etc. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | F.88:353 |
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| Record created | September 15, 2008 |
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