Artist/Maker
Eleazar Albin
(British, ca. 1680–1741/2)
Related person
Pierre Vase
(French, ca.1520–after 1590)
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca), Dark-backed Adult
ca. 1730s
Watercolor, gouache, and black ink, with selective glazing and touches of white lead pigment over gray wash on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Overall (irregular): 11 3/4 × 9 3/8 in. (29.8 × 23.8 cm)
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
1889.10.1.51
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
1889.10.1.14
