Hummingbird Valentine

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jonathan King

Title

Hummingbird Valentine

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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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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