Humming Bird or Crested Bird
Designerdesigned by
John Henry Dearle
(British, 1860 - 1932)
Maker
Morris and Company
(British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Texile
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1906
Mediumwatercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.)
DescriptionLarge tree branches interwoven with climbing vine with clusters of pink and blue floral sprays. Three birds perched at intervals - one with green head at left, central in pink and blue with crest on head like woodpecker, and small bird at right in yellow and blue. Criss-crossed geometric sketches in graphite on verso.
Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "2 browns / 4 greens / 2 pinks / 1 blue";
recto upper right in graphite: "1 black / 2 browns / 3 pinks / 1 yellow / 1 blue / 4 greens / 1 purple / 12 colours"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1144
Unknown, Chinese, 20th Century
ca. 1900
Object number: 2007.12.4a
Unknown, Chinese, 20th Century
ca. 1900
Object number: 2007.12.4b
Unknown, Chinese, 20th Century
ca. 1900
Object number: 2007.12.4c
