Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Sutton, Emily, 1983-
Title:: Song thrush.
Published / Created:: ca. 2008.
Physical Description:: 1 embroidered bird ; 14 x 23 x 8 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Flat C 2017 1b
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nancy and Robert Lindemeyer
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:: The work depicts a Song thrush (Turdus philomelos), with brown upperparts and black-spotted yellow and white underparts.
" ... made from painted and embroidered fabric, wrapped wire, glass (eyes) and wood (beak). It is part of an ongoing series of birds that I have been making since 2007 which were inspired by an interest in taxidermy as well as both American and British folk art traditions."--Correspondence from the artist, February 10, 2016.
Subject Terms:: Birds -- Great Britain. | Song thrush. | Taxidermy. | Folk art. | Women in natural history.
Form/Genre:: Embroidery.