# Hooded Warblers, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

**Gladys Thayer** (born South Woodstock, CT 1886-died 1945)  
ca. 1900-1909  
watercolor on paper, stencil, and oil on wood  
frame: 17 1/8 x 15 1/4 in. (43.5 x 38.7 cm) cardboard: 10 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (26.0 x 21.6 cm) panel: 13 1/2 x 12 in. (34.3 x 30.5 cm)

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1950.2.14. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23984).

## About this work

Gladys Thayer painted this in about 1900-1909, aged about 14. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.
- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.

### [Gladys Thayer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/gladys-thayer)

born South Woodstock, CT 1886-died 1945

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was about 14
- Real size: about 17 × 15 in (44 × 39 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 8 × 10 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Animals, Warbler, Birds
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1894.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1894/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hooded-warblers-study-for-book-concealing-coloration-in-the-si-saam-1950-2-14).