Hummingbird Valentine

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jonathan King

Title

Hummingbird Valentine

Place

England (Artist's nationality)

Date

Artist's working dates 1845–1869

Medium

Cloth and feather flowers and hummingbird with die-cut color lithographic device, and printed perforated lace paper borders on white satin cushion, housed in red box

Dimensions

Hummingbird: 8 × 6 × 4 cm (3 3/16 × 2 3/8 × 1 5/8 in.); Cushion: 17.5 × 11.2 × 2.5 cm (6 15/16 × 4 7/16 × 1 in.); Box: 19.5 × 19.5 × 6.5 cm (7 11/16 × 7 11/16 × 2 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Dewey

Reference Number

1937.1118

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