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  | Artist | Notes |
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 | Bobwhite by Isaac Sprague Nov. 11, 1841 Boston Athenaeum Boston, MA | Sprague, Isaac | |
 | Chipmunk by Isaac Sprague 1840. Boston Athenaeum Boston, MA | Sprague, Isaac |  The chipmunk is perched on an ear of corn. The date is written in graphite below the chipmunk’s tail. Title devised by curator. |
 | Chipping sparrow by Isaac Sprague 19th century Boston Athenaeum Boston, MA | Sprague, Isaac | |
 | George McCulloch by John Singer Sargent 1901 Boston Athenaeum Boston, MA | Sargent, John Singer |
George
McCulloch (1848-1907) made his fortune in silver mining in Australia before
coming to London to live as a gentleman of leisure and art collector. He was
friends with many of the Royal Academy and had, by the time of his death,
amassed an amazing collection of contemporary work numbering more than 400 with
more than half of those considered... |
 | Golden winged woodpecker by Isaac Sprague Dec. 1840. Boston Athenaeum Boston, MA | Sprague, Isaac | A single bird is shown perched on a bare branch. "Golden winged woodpecker" and the date are inscribed in graphite at the bottom of the sheet below the image. The bird depicted is now known as the yellow-shafted flicker. |
 | John Adams by Mather Brown 1788 Boston Athenaeum Boston, MA | Brown, Mather | In 1785, when John Adams sat for Mather Brown in London, he was one of the best known political-figures in both the newly independent United States and in Europe. Adams first came to prominence in colonial Massachusetts, with his successful defense of British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre. Selected as a delegate to both the first... |
 | Lady George Darwin by Cecilia Beaux 1889 Boston Athenaeum Boston, MA | Beaux, Cecilia | |
 | Six birds' eggs by Isaac Sprague 19th century Boston Athenaeum Boston, MA | Sprague, Isaac |
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