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Green woodpeckers

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Date

1870-1887

Artist

Print after Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3360224

Additional Makers

Print possibly made by - Benjamin Fawcett; Print possibly made by - Alexander Francis Lydon

Description

Two green woodpeckers, a male standing on a tree trunk at left with a grass stem in his beak, facing a female, looking out from a hole in the tree; illustration to R L Wallace's 'British Cage Birds' (London: 1887). Wood-engraving, printed in colours.

Inscription

Lettered within image at lower left: 'A. F. Lydon', below image with the title, and below: '(Male and Female.)'

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Leeds, England

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Tags

Birds

Category

Glossary
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