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The black & white falcon from Ceylon

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Date

1767

Artist

Print after Peter Mazell (active 1761-1797)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3266934

Additional Makers

Print maker - Peter Mazell

Description

A falcon, full-length, perched on a tree trunk, facing left, in profile to left; illustration to Thomas Pennant's 'Indian Zoology' (London: 1790). 1767. Hand-coloured etching.

Inscription

Lettered below image with artist's name: "P Mazell Sculp / From the collection of Govr: Loten. / Impensis Josephi Banks Arm Soc: Reg: Lon: et Antiq: Soc: 1767."

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Sri Lanka

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Medium

Tags

Falcons
Birds

Category

Glossary
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