Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: "Guinea Parrot"; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "[...] Lady Wager Collecn | 1740 given | to Sr. Hans Sloan"; inscribed on back in graphite, lower centre: "The common Guinea | parrot Varied | accidentally"; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "from Lady Wagers since presented | to Sr Hans Sloane and is now Living Geo Edwards"; in pen and brown ink, lower centre: "Guinea"; in graphite, lower right: "2920".
Descriptive Medium
Watercolour, gouache, and graphite
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Guinea
Country
Guinea
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
Flora & Fauna