Collection Highlights

Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)

Date:

c. 1554-1565

Object Number:

1889.10.1.1

Medium:

Watercolor, black and brown ink, gouache, and white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly mounted on an album page

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