Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in brown ink, upper right: "I.V, [...]"; lower center: "Thamnophilus [...]"; on verso in graphite, upper center: "65"
Descriptive Medium
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Central America
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. The inscription appears to read 'Thamnophilus Swainsonii' making this a tufted antshrike.