Cardinal Flower
Date1887
Artist
Helena de Kay Gilder
(American painter and illustrator, 1846–1916)
Illustration Citation"Among the Wildflowers," by John Burroughs, in The Century, July 1887.
MediumGraphite and Ink on paper
Dimensionssheet: 16 7/8 × 21 in. (42.9 × 53.3 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 2023
Object number2023-26
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing, or a more final version, was used to illustrate an essay on wild flowers. In the final composition, the stalks at left were placed above the spray of cardinal flowers at right, as if growing up behind them.
