Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "Vol II [...]"; center: "length from point of | bill to end of tail 3 ft |6 | shoulder to the quills 21 inches"; lower center: "longest feathers 3 feet"
Descriptive Medium
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
British Isles
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
Flora & Fauna
TWW Comment
James de Carle Sowerby was the son of the botanical artist James Sowerby, who amassed a collection of plant and animal specimens at his home in Mead Place, London.