Collection Highlights
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Date:
1880
Object Number:
LIB.Y1808.W
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Augusta Brown
Object Number:
1987.2
Date:
1879
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with touches of black ink, white lead pigment, and glazing on paper, laid on masonite, overmatted with board
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 1 in. ( 57.2 x 49.5 x 2.5 cm )
mat: 3 1/2 x 28 1/2 x 4 in. ( 8.9 x 72.4 x 10.2 cm )
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in red watercolor: "H. M. Turner -- / 1879."
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Helen Maria Turner was a New York genre and portrait painter.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Walston S. Brown
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
