Painted Snipe
1800
watercolor
paper
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1800
watercolor
paper
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Painted Snipe is a 1800 watercolor by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a small watercolor bird perched on paper. Its long beak and streaked feathers stand out. The artist used fine ink lines to show every detail. This image is one of many made for travelers. British collectors loved pictures of foreign birds in the 1800s. It’s a quick, pretty snapshot, not a fancy study. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more like it.
A rectangular watercolor painting with a simple line border depicts a painted snipe, a wading bird, standing on rocky ground with small purple flowers in the background. The bird is oriented to the left and primarily brown in color. Produced around 1800, the work was part of a series of mass-produced images intended for European travelers interested in documenting foreign flora and fauna. Acquired from E. Parsons, the painting was accessioned into a collection in 1889.
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