Copperhead Snake on Dead Leaves, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, Copperhead Snake on Dead Leaves, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, ca. 1910-1915, watercolor on cardboard mounted on wood panel, sight 9 1⁄2 x 15/1/2 in. (24.1 x 39.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.15
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Artwork Details

Title
Copperhead Snake on Dead Leaves, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
Artist
Date
ca. 1910-1915
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 9 1⁄2 x 15/1/2 in. (24.1 x 39.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on cardboard mounted on wood panel
Classifications
Subjects
  • Animal — reptile — snake
Object Number
1950.2.15
Research Notes
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1950.2.15

Works by this artist (3 items)

Sidney Waugh, Happy Are Those Whom Privacy Makes Innocent, 1946, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Albert Laessle: Mrs. Albertine de Bempt Laessle, Mr. Albert M. Laessle and Mr. Paul Laessle, 1972.167.35
Happy Are Those Whom Privacy Makes Innocent
Artist
Date1946
bronze
Not on view
Sidney Waugh, Portrait of Dr. Gillman, n.d., bronze/cast, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Sidney Biehler Waugh, 1964.9.2
Portrait of Dr. Gillman
Artist
Daten.d.
bronze/cast
Not on view
Sidney Waugh, Portrait of Dr. Welch, n.d., bronze/cast, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Sidney Biehler Waugh, 1964.9.1
Portrait of Dr. Welch
Artist
Daten.d.
bronze/cast
Not on view

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