Artwork
Bird (Larvivora Ruficeps)
Bird (Larvivora Ruficeps) is an ink print by the Romanticist artist British 19th Century. It dates from 1850 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
Bird (Larvivora Ruficeps) is a hand-colored lithograph print depicting a bird in its natural habitat.
Subject & Meaning
The print shows a bird with distinctive orange and black plumage sitting in tall grass, surrounded by wet ground, scattered nuts, and blurred background foliage.
Technique & Style
The artist employed hand coloring to enhance the bird's features against a pale background, achieving a balance between detailed representation and loose, sketch-like execution.
Context
This print exemplifies the lithography technique used by artists to produce multiple copies of their work before the advent of photography.
Artist & collection
Artist
This artist’s short life left behind a quiet obsession with water—whether the churn of a mill wheel, the choppy waves off England’s south coast, or the way light bounces off pond lilies.
