Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Object Details

Artist

Joseph Bartholomew Kidd, Scottish, born Edinburgh, Scotland ca. 1808-died Greenwich, England 1889

Copy after

John James Audubon, born Les Cayes, Haiti 1785-died New York City 1851

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Around 1830, John James Audubon commissioned the Scottish artist Joseph Bartholomew Kidd to copy many of his paintings of birds. Audubon hoped to use these paintings in a natural history gallery that would tour England. The project was never completed, however, in part because Kidd took too long to finish the work. In this painting, Kidd directly copied the four birds on a branch from the original illustration, then added a landscape to the background to create an “embellished” painting for Audubon’s proposed exhibition.

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U. S. National Museum

n.d.

Object number

1953.3.4

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

26 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. (66.8 x 52.7 cm)

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Department

Painting and Sculpture

On View

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 5A

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Landscape\plain

Landscape\tree\pine tree

Animal\bird\grosbeak

Record ID

saam_1953.3.4

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk70cf4c429-d43d-43c1-9400-1a22148cc46d