Golden Robin (Northern Oriole)
1866
Artist, American, 1839 - 1922

Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor and graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 13.34 × 23.18 cm (5 1/4 × 9 1/8 in.)
sheet: 19.69 × 31.75 cm (7 3/4 × 12 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2004.165.6
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Richard York Gallery, New York); purchased by William and Abigail Gerdts, New York, 1992; gift to NGA, 2004
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1888
Water Color Paintings by J. H. Hill and the late J. W. Hill, S. Field's Art Gallery, Brooklyn, 1888.
1992
Determined Realists: The American Pre-Raphaelites, Richard York Gallery, New York, 1992.
1998
For Beauty and For Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of Amerian Still Life, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA; Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., NY, 1998.
2008
Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 85.
Bibliography
1998
Danly, Susan and Bruce Weber. For Beauty and for Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life. Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, c.1998: 21, 24, pl. 19.
Inscriptions
lower left in black watercolor: J. Henry Hill 1866; lower right margin in graphite by unknown hand: Golden Robin $25
Wikidata ID
Q64582786