Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

ca. 1554-1564

Watercolor, gouache, and black ink over black chalk on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page with 1889.10.3.33

Overall (irregular): 11 5/16 × 13 1/16 in. (28.7 × 33.2 cm)

Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop

1889.10.3.32

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: Caprimulgus. Effraye. Fresaye. 53. At lower right below lower sheet: A Bellonio russa avis.

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

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