Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1947.025.81
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1810
- Description:
- Still life painting. Untitled, unknown artist, c. 1810. Watercolor and ink on laid paper. Tree left center with squirrel sitting on tree branch; squirrel is eating a nut; a small bird is perched on the top branch. Horizontal pen marks on top to mimic sky. On the reverse a fragment of a certificate, possibly for practice, with pen inscription: "This certifies / H B". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5.75 W-5 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Mary Thompson (Mason) Tilney (1855-1914), mother of the donor, from farm houses near her summer home in Pleasant Valley, NH (near Wolfeboro) between 1895 and 1913. Found with the paper dolls that were sent by donor at a later time than the other objects.
- Credit Line:
- The Tilney Collection, Gift of Jessie M. Tilney, in Memory of Robert Fingland Tilney and Mary Mason Tilney
- People:
- Tilney, Mary M. (1855-1914), Tilney, Robert F. (1849-1926), Tilney, Jessie Mason (1883-1960)
- Subjects:
- Squirrels, Birds, Still life paintings
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