About This Artwork

Wilhelm Schimmel
American, born Germany, 1817-1890
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Eagle, 1865/90

Painted and carved tulipwood
33.7 x 68 cm (13 1/4 x 26 3/4 in.)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan, 1950.1984

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, "For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago," (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012) no. 50.