Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in brown ink, upper right: "V. VI, Sup"; lower center: "Thamnophilus maculatus."; in graphite, lower center: "The tail must turn a | little more down."; on verso, upper right: "58"
Descriptive Medium
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
South Africa
Country
South Africa
Medium
Line Drawing
Tags
Category
Flora & Fauna
TWW Comment
The botanical artist James Sowerby amassed a collection of plant and animal specimens at his home in Mead Place, London.