Birds: young birds in a nest, grey wash drawing

A pencil-and-wash drawing on tan paper shows several young birds huddled together in a nest of tangled grass and twigs. One bird in the foreground faces the viewer with wide dark eyes, while others lean in from the upper left and right, rendered in soft grey shading.

Artist

Ernest Thompson Seton

Date

1893

Medium

Ink, grey wash, on illustration board

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2361 × 2880 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum