Robert Ridgway's Drawing of a Robin

ID: SIA2012-1695

Creator: Ridgway, Robert 1850-1929

Form/Genre: Drawing

Date: c. 1900

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

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Summary

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

Subject

United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

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.

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

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Art
  • Animals
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Science
  • Birds
  • Employees
  • Museums
  • Scientific illustration
  • Ornithologists
  • Museum curators
  • Ornithology
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees
  • Drawing
  • Art and science

Form/Genre

  • Drawing
  • Photographic print

ID Number

SIA2012-1695

Physical description

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

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