![[Southern?] Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)](/internal/media/dispatcher/89384/preview)
Artist/Maker
Eleazar Albin
(British, ca. 1680–1741/2)
[Southern?] Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
ca. 1730s
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and white lead pigment over gray wash on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Overall (irregular): 11 5/8 × 9 1/4 in. (29.5 × 23.5 cm)
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
1889.10.1.8
DescriptionAvian studyMarkingsInside 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"; each sheet
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Rare Watercolors of European Birds, 1540-1590
