Unidentified / Too Old a Bird to be Caught with Chaff / 19th Century

Unidentified
Too Old a Bird to be Caught with Chaff
19th Century
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Creator Name: Unknown
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 19th century
Creator Name-CRT: Unidentified
Title: Too Old a Bird to be Caught with Chaff
Title Type: Title
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1800
Creation End Date: 1899
Creation Date: 19th Century
Object Type: Mixed Media
Materials and Techniques: wood engraving and photographs mounted on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 10 x 9 in. (25.4 x 22.7 cm.)
Inscriptions: upper right: WILLhLOW 72 (wavy horizontal line) below engraving lower center printed: "TOO OLD TO BE CAUGHT WITH CHAFF mat lower right in pencil: 120 x
AMICA Contributor: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location: Washington, DC, USA
ID Number: 1995.20.1
Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible by Mr. and Mrs. Fortunato Porotto
Copyright: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Rights: http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/nmaainfo/rights.html
AMICA ID: SAAM.1995.20.1
Component Measured: object
Measurement Dimension: height
Measurement Value: 25.40
Measurement Unit: cm
Measurement Dimension: width
Measurement Value: 22.90
Measurement Dimension: depth
AMICA Library Year: 2002
Media Metadata Rights: Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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