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Drawing, Song Sparrow

This is a Drawing. It was created by Ernest Thompson Seton and published by Charles Scribners’ Sons. It is dated 1893 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is ink and grey wash, with white gouache, on illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

25.1 × 17.3 cm (9 7/8 × 6 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed, lower right: "Ernest E. Thompson"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Song Sparrow; Ernest Thompson Seton (American, 1860–1946); Published by Charles Scribner's Sons; USA; ink and grey wash, with white gouache, on illustration board; 25.1 × 17.3 cm (9 7/8 × 6 13/16 in.); 1953-48-30

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