About the Artwork
Tame Turkey
late 19th century
Robert Bruce Horsfall
1869 - 1948
American
Unknown
Brush, black pigment, white gouache on cream paperboard
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 15 inches (25.7 × 38.1 cm)
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Gift of Charles E. Feinberg
55.510
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in brush and black pigment, lower left: R B H [artist's monogram]
Inscribed, in pencil, along bottom of sheet: The tame turkey-hen is notorious for stealing her nest Inscribed, lower center: 3 1/2 Inscribed, lower right: 21 - Chap[...]
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Charles E. Feinberg
1956-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Robert Bruce Horsfall, Tame Turkey, late 19th century, brush, black pigment, white gouache on cream paperboard. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Charles E. Feinberg, 55.510.
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