Robert Ridgway's Drawing of a Robin

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Object Details

Author

Ridgway, Robert 1850-1929

Subject

United States National Museum

Notes

Robert Ridgway was an American ornithologist, protégé of second Smithsonian Secretary Spencer F. Baird, and first full time curator of birds at the Smithsonian's United States National Museum. He came to the Smithsonian in 1880 and remained until his death in 1929. Ridgway produced wonderful drawings and paintings of birds.

Summary

A color drawing by Robert Ridgway of a robin showing its yellow beak and red breast.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7167, Box 16, Folder:

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1900

Standard number

SIA2012-1695

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Drawing

Photographic print

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 11w x 8h; Type of Image: Drawing; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Ornithologists

Museum curators

Ornithology

Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Birds

Drawing

Art and science

Art

Scientific illustration

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_13519