Chapter VIII "The Animal Village," "And Spread His Wings and Flew on High"
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Reginald Birch (American, born London, England, 1856–1943). Chapter VIII "The Animal Village," "And Spread His Wings and Flew on High", 1940. Black ink with touches of white correction fluid on heavy wove paper, Sheet: 19 1/2 x 14 5/16 in. (49.5 x 36.4 cm) Image: 14 x 9 1/16 in. (35.6 x 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of William G. Lord, 68.225.14. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Title
Chapter VIII "The Animal Village," "And Spread His Wings and Flew on High"
Date
1940
Medium
Black ink with touches of white correction fluid on heavy wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 1/2 x 14 5/16 in. (49.5 x 36.4 cm) Image: 14 x 9 1/16 in. (35.6 x 23 cm)
Signatures
Signed in black ink, upper right: "[circular symbol] / Birch" (signature integrated into lines of drawing, inconspicuous)
Inscriptions
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: 'Chap VIII / "And spread his wings and flew on high / then said: 'I really ought to cry / But the trouble is you cannot fly'- / and the ostrich answered '[why]'." '
Credit Line
Gift of William G. Lord
Accession Number
68.225.14
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