Bird (from McGuire Scrapbook)

A graphite sketch of a bird seen from below, wings spread wide in a near-horizontal line, the head and beak rendered in fine tonal shading at the center. Faint handwritten lines beneath the wings describe the feathers in small script.

Look closer: Small handwritten note in script describing the feathers, below the left wing.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1770–1800

Medium

Graphite on off-white laid paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1987 × 1623 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of James C. McGuire, 1926