Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)

ca. 1554-1564

Watercolor, gouache, white lead pigment, and black ink over black chalk on ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly laid on an album page

Overall (irregular): 8 7/16 × 11 3/4 in. (21.4 × 29.8 cm)

Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop

1889.10.2.44

DescriptionAvian Study

MarkingsInside 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"

InscribedInscribed along upper edge: 62 [in a box] RRR >> With text in French, Greek, and Latin [see unicode field] including the following credits: At left: L'autheur / B. Textor. At lower center: Le peintre / Isaac la Grese / L'escrivain / Thomas Huilier

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

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