Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Watercolor of Birds and Flowers
Artifact IDMO 1941.3.16
Object Type
Drawing
Maker
Unknown
Dateearly 19th century
Mediumpaper, paint (watercolor), ink, pencil
Dimensionsoverall H 8 in x W 10 1/8 in (20.3 cm x 25.7 cm )
Physical Descriptiona) A Shawnee watercolor of two birds facing each other, each bird perched on a blue flower stem. Additional flowering plants are flanking and between the birds. The scene is enclosed within a multicolored border. Handwritten in black ink in the upper right is a note that reads: Made by a Shawnee Indian / 100 years ago. / Rolling Cloud. b) A paper backer that was originally adhered to the reverse of the watercolor. On one side of the backer is a simple, unfinished pencil sketch of a vase holding flowers.
On the reverse side of the backer is a handwritten black ink note that reads: 1940 / This drawing was made / over a hundred years ago / by a Shawnee Indian. / A gift to Mrs. F.D.R. from / Pat Rolling Cloud and Jim Little- / Turtle, Shawnee Indian Dogs.
Historical NotePossibly a ledger drawing, this watercolor was presented to Eleanor Roosevelt (likely in 1940) by siblings Jim Little Turtle and Pat Rolling Cloud of the Shawnee Tribe in Pennsylvania.
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 StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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