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1916-1922
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Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), Male
Title
Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), Male
Date
c. 1554-1564
Medium
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment on ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions
Overall: 9 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (24.4 x 21.3 cm), irregular
Description
Avian Study
Credit Line
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number
1889.10.2.37
Marks
Inside cover of Album 1 contains a printed catalogue description reading: "Drawings of European Birds, a Collection of upwards of 200 Drawings, most beautifully executed colours, of European Birds, taken from Nature, and most faithfully copied with a view to be published; but from the death of the artists M. la Grese, and M. Petit, they never were engraved. Most of them are accompanied with their names, in 4 large vols. oblong folios, formerly in the Duke of Devonshire's Collection"