IDENTIFIERS
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id:	185665
accession number:	4171.3

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Tuesday 11 October 2011
updated:	Thursday 28 August 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: A watercolour drawing from the album 4171. This image depicts a pair of small songbirds perched together on a delicate flowering branch in a natural setting. The two birds display distinct sexual dimorphism characteristic of many finch or bunting species. The bird on the left has warm golden-brown plumage with a lighter, yellowish head and breast, while its companion on the right shows more contrasting coloration with a distinctive black head, grey-brown body, and subtle barred patterning on the wings and tail. Both birds possess sturdy, conical yellow-orange beaks typical of seed-eating species.The birds are positioned on a branch with compound leaves and small coral-pink to reddish flowers, possibly representing a flowering shrub or small tree. The painting demonstrates the fine brushwork characteristic of Chinese export art from the late 18th or early 19th century, combining ornithological documentation and traditional Chinese flower-and-bird painting style.
title:	drawing

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/185665





TECHNIQUES
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watercolour, bodycolour and ink with heightening in white on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper
drawing

CATEGORIES
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category: drawing

DATING
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culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Youqua

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: mm
value: 250

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 337



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