Humming Bird or Crested Bird

Designerdesigned by John Henry Dearle (British, 1860 - 1932)

Maker Morris and Company (London, British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Texile

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1906

Mediumwatercolor and graphite on paper

Dimensions14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.)

DescriptionLarge tree branches interwoven with climbing vine with clusters of pink and blue floral sprays. Three birds perched at intervals - one with green head at left, central in pink and blue with crest on head like woodpecker, and small bird at right in yellow and blue. Criss-crossed geometric sketches in graphite on verso.

Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "2 browns / 4 greens / 2 pinks / 1 blue"; recto upper right in graphite: "1 black / 2 browns / 3 pinks / 1 yellow / 1 blue / 4 greens / 1 purple / 12 colours"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1144