Artist/Maker
Eleazar Albin
(British, ca. 1680–1741/2)
Related person
Pierre Vase
(French, ca.1520–after 1590)
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
ca. 1730s
Watercolor, gouache, with selective glazing and black ink over traces of gray wash on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Overall: 11 11/16 x 9 1/2 in. (29.7 x 24.1 cm)
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
1889.10.1.49
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"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Rare Watercolors of European Birds, 1540-1590
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Unidentified artist
ca. 1554-1564
1889.10.3.27
