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Mother Quail and Chicks
Artist/Maker
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
United States, born United Kingdom, 1819 - 1905
Date1864
MediumOil on panel
Dimensionssight: 9 5/8 × 11 5/8 in. (24.4 × 29.5 cm)
frame: 20 1/2 × 22 3/4 in. (52.1 × 57.8 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberJL2004.012
ClassificationsPainting
SignedSigned
InscribedLower right hand corner: A. F. Tait, NY 1864. Also signed and dated on reverse with artist inventory number 308.
On Back: Notes on location as well as the date and his signature.
DescriptionMother quali sits/lays in the grass with her chicks around herOn View
Not on view