Death of a Bird by Francis Wheatley (1800) | Artnap

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Children and a woman reach toward a window in a room, with a dog and a birdcage nearby, in a 1800 painting.

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Death of a Bird by Francis Wheatley, dated 1800, shows two young children and a woman reaching toward a window in an interior room. A dog sits at the lower center beside a birdcage on a table at left, and an older man in dark clothing appears at the right edge.

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1800

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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