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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Catch Fly/Silene Alba
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Catch Fly/Silene Alba

Artist Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler (American, 1892 - 1980)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1934
MediumWatercolor and graphite
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (18 x 13 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
InscribedSigned in center; dated April 16.
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number41.45.109
Not on view
DescriptionPart of the Tidewater Wildflowers series, done as a WPA Project. Watercolor depicting Catch Fly.

Exhibition HistoryShown at June 1970 meeting of the Chevy Chase, Maryland, Garden Club by (Mrs. John A.) Virginia Tyler Webster Horticulture Chairman
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shane Butler captured with a digital camera-2010
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934