Decoy - Shore Bird (Dowitcher)

Lewis W. Kieth

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Lewis W. Kieth. Decoy - Shore Bird (Dowitcher), ca. 1875. Painted wood, Bird: 3 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (9.5 x 3.5 x 24.4 cm) with stand: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 66.73.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Decoy - Shore Bird (Dowitcher)

Date

ca. 1875

Medium

Painted wood

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

Bird: 3 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (9.5 x 3.5 x 24.4 cm) with stand: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

written in ball-point pen on underside of base: "MADE by Lewis / W. Keith / Kingston, Mass."

Credit Line

H. Randolph Lever Fund

Accession Number

66.73.2

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