There is a bird with a yellow chest and blue-tinted wings lying on its side on a dark brown surface. The bird's head faces left, its legs stretch towards the right, and a small feather and a sphere-like object lie nearby at the bottom.

Dead Bird

c. 1867

Medium: watercolor and graphite on wove paper
Classification: Drawing
Period: 1851 to 1875
Image size: 5802 × 3993px

Description

There is a bird with a yellow chest and blue-tinted wings lying on its side on a dark brown surface. The bird's head faces left, its legs stretch towards the right, and a small feather and a sphere-like object lie nearby at the bottom.

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