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Coral Buntings and Their Nest in a Holly Tree

1878

Harry Bright

Associated Names

Harry Bright

Artist, British, 1867 - 1897

The image shows a round bird's nest with two small birds perched around it, surrounded by spiky, green holly leaves with red berries. The color palette includes earthy browns and whites of the birds, vibrant green of the holly leaves, and touches of red from the berries, against a soft, muted background. The nest is centrally placed with one bird perched near the top right of the nest and the other to the bottom left.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook
Dimensions

overall: 37.5 x 31.5 cm (14 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

1988.20.7

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in brown watercolor: Hy.BRIGHT. / 1878.

Wikidata ID

Q64573133

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