Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Study for Havell pl. no. 26
c. 1825
1863.17.26
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Title
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Date
c. 1554-1564
Medium
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment over traces of black chalk on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions
Overall: 11 1/16 x 10 13/16 in. (28.1 x 27.5 cm), irregular
Description
Avian Study
Credit Line
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number
1889.10.2.43
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"
Inscriptions
Inscribed along left edge vertically: 59 [in a box] OOO.
Along lower right edge vertically: 8 f.s.
With text in French, Greek, and Latin [see unicode field] including the following credits:
At center: L'autheur / B. Textor.
At lower center right: Le peintre. / Michel petit. / L'escrivain. / Thomas Huilier.
Provenance
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
