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Pen and ink drawing of a gray bird on a stem with a striped pink tulip, white flowers, blue blossoms and a red and blue butterfly.

Gray Bird on Branch with Tulip, Snapdragons, and Forget-Me-Nots with Butterfly

A gray songbird with a long tail perches on a flowering stem beside a striped pink-and-white tulip, pale snapdragons, and clusters of blue forget-me-nots. A butterfly with red, blue and white wings hovers at upper left against a cream background.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1800–1830
Medium
Pen and ink, graphite on coated wove paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2952 × 2179 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1835).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

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