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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Painting of Birds on a Flowering Branch
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Painting of Birds on a Flowering Branch

Object numberMO 1979.50.1
Name Painting
Artist
Datemid 19th century
Mediumpaper (pith), paint (watercolor), fabric (silk), paper (illustration board)
Dimensionsoverall (matted painting) H 10 in x W 15 in (25.4 cm x 38.1 cm )
 box/case H 16 in x W 11 1/4 in x D 3 1/4 in (40.6 cm x 28.6 cm x 8.3 cm )
Descriptiona) A Chinese watercolor painting on pith paper showing two brown birds perched on a flowering branch with white blossoms.

The painting is adhered to a larger piece of silk gauze and mounted within a window mat.


b) A blue clamshell box with embossed gold text on the spine: “F. D. R. / CHINESE RICE PAPER PAINTINGS.” The box has been custom made to hold a collection of twenty-seven individual Chinese watercolor paintings (MO 1979.50.1-27) including the painting above.
Label TextThis painting is one in a collection of twenty-seven individual Chinese watercolors (MO 1979.50.1-27) featuring birds, fish, and landscape scenes.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated as a bequest of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPrints and Paintings (National Archives Identifier 778817)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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