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Connections: Birding

Editor Dale Tucker attempts to identify the many species of birds depicted throughout The Met collection.

"I think every birder has a secret fantasy of finding some lost or extinct species in his or her backyard. I'm certainly no different."

Editor Dale Tucker attempts to identify the many species of birds depicted throughout The Met collection.


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Hummingbird and Apple Blossoms, Martin Johnson Heade  American, Oil on canvas, American
Martin Johnson Heade
1875
Hummingbird and Passionflowers, Martin Johnson Heade  American, Oil on canvas, American
Martin Johnson Heade
ca. 1875–85
Newburyport Meadows, Martin Johnson Heade  American, Oil on canvas, American
Martin Johnson Heade
ca. 1876–81
Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper, Japan
Japan
late 16th century
Sugar Loaf Islands, Farallons, Carleton E. Watkins  American, Albumen silver print from glass negative
Carleton E. Watkins
1868–69
Feathered Tunic, Cotton, feathers, Chimú
Chimú
15th–early 17th century
Earflare with Condor, Silver, gold, gilded copper, shell, Moche
Moche
6th–7th century
Breastplate (Tema, Tambe, or Tepatu), Tridacna shell, turtle shell, trade cloth, fiber, Santa Cruz Islands
Santa Cruz Islands
late 19th–early 20th century
Vulture Vessel, Ceramic, Mexica (Aztec)
Mexica (Aztec)
1200–1521
Pendant (Ulute or Papafita), Tridacna shell, fiber, pigment, Solomon Islander
Solomon Islander
19th–early 20th century
Hornbill Figure, Wood, paint, glass beads, metal, Iban people
Iban people
late 19th–early 20th century
A Lyre Bird, Charles Meryon  French, Graphite
Charles Meryon
ca. 1846–55
A Lady Feeding a Bird, Charles Martin  French, Pen and ink, watercolor, and lead white on laid paper.
Charles Martin
1913
The Magic Bird (Der Wundervogel), Josef Diveky  Hungarian, Color lithograph
Josef Diveky
Wiener Werkstätte
1911
Peacocks, Melchior d' Hondecoeter  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Melchior d' Hondecoeter
1683
Tile with Image of Phoenix, Stonepaste; modeled, underglaze painted in blue and turquoise, luster-painted on opaque white ground
late 13th century
"Red-Headed Vulture and Long-Billed Vulture", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, Mansur, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Mansur
Mir 'Ali Haravi
verso: ca. 1615–20; recto: ca. 1535–45
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Habiballah of Sava  Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Habiballah of Sava
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
Black Stork in a Landscape, Opaque watercolor on European paper
ca. 1780
Plate with Pelican in her Piety, Brass, Netherlandish
Netherlandish
15th century
Side Drum, Ernest Vogt  American, Wood, calf skin, rope, American
Ernest Vogt
ca. 1864