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I Was Despairing When the Bird Returned
I Was Despairing When the Bird Returned
I Was Despairing When the Bird Returned
(American, 1875 - 1935)

I Was Despairing When the Bird Returned

Alternate Title(s)
  • She Brought Out a Large Bird
Mixed media on illustration board
ca. 1914
15 × 10 in. (38.1 × 25.4 cm)
79.8.4
Purchased with the Museum Volunteers’ Fund, 1979
Not on view
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