Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), Male
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, brown and black ink, and white lead pigment over black chalk on two sheets of ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 12 5/16 in. (27.9 x 31.3 cm), irregular
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number:
1889.10.4.12
Marks:
Inside 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
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along left edge vertically: /18/ 13
With text in French, Greek, and Latin [see unicode field] including the following credits:
At center: L'autheur. / B. Textor.
At lower center: Le peintre. / Isaac la Grese. / L'escrivain. / Thomas Huilier.
At lower left: Cest oiseau n'estoit pas mué.
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
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Date End:
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eMuseum Object ID:
62420
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), Female
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, brown and black ink, and white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 12 13/16 in. (21.3 x 32.5 cm), irregular
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number:
1889.10.4.11
Marks:
Inside 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
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center: 12 / /17/
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.
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Date Begin:
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Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
62419
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), Female
Classification:
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and black ink, with traces of white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (21 x 32.1 cm), irregular
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number:
1889.10.4.10
Marks:
Inside 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
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center: 11 / /15/
At right: Fringilla foemina. Pinson femelle. / vel Fringilla foemina campestris. / Pinson champestre, femelle. / Livida, subviridis, campestris Spiza, colore / Foemella aspicior, candida, fusca, nigra. / De Fringilla / mare & foemina / Livida coeruleum, subrubrum Spiza colorem / Non habet & fulvum, foemina, mas sed habet / De iisdem / Livida coerulei, subrubri Spiza coloris, / Et fulvi est expers foemina, mas alius / De iisdem, idem. / Foemina coerulei, subrubri Spiza coloris / Et fulvi est expers, livens; quæ cuncta tenet mas / L'autheur. / B. Textor.
At lower center: Le peintre. / Isaac la Grese. / L'escrivain. / Thomas Huilier.
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Date Begin:
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Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
62418
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 9/16 x 6 15/16 in. (21.7 x 17.6 cm), irregular
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number:
1889.10.4.9
Marks:
Inside 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
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right: 14
At lower right: 2. [wavy lines above and below] 9. [wavy lines on four sides]
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
62417
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page and mounted (left) with 1889.10.4.9
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (21.6 x 21.6 cm), irregular
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number:
1889.10.4.8
Marks:
Inside 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
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at right: 13
At lower right: 2. [wavy lines above and below] 3. [wavy lines on four sides]
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
62416
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, brown and black ink, and white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (21 x 32.1 cm), irregular
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number:
1889.10.4.7
Marks:
Inside 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
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right center: 9. /13/
With text in French, Greek, and Latin [see unicode field] including the following credits:
Along right edge vertically: 9
At lower right: Le peintre / Isaac la Grese / L’escrivain / Thomas Huilier.
At left: L'autheur / B. Textor.
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
62415
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (21 x 32.1 cm), irregular
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number:
1889.10.4.6
Marks:
Inside 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
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along left edge vertically: 8.
At upper center: 8 /12/
With text in French, Greek, and Latin [see unicode field] including the following credits:
At right: L'autheur / B. Textor.
At lower center: Le peintre / Isaac la Grese / L'escrivain / Thomas Huilier
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
62414
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, white lead pigment, and brown and black ink over black chalk on ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/8 x 12 5/8 in. (20.6 x 32.1 cm), irregular
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number:
1889.10.4.5
Marks:
Inside 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
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center: 7 /11/
Along right edge vertically: >
At left: Turdus viscivorus minor / Grive commune. Petite Grive / Viscivorus Turdus minor alter nonnihil abdit / In pennis flavum; maiorem cætera spirant. / De eodem. / Viscivorus Turdus quiddam minor abdo sub ala / Flavum; maiori cætera sat similis. / De eodem. / Ut maior Turdus nostris est notus in oris / Viscivorus minor, & suavis, ut ille, minus / Vel sic, / Ut maior nostris est Turdus notus in oris / Viscivorus minor & minus hic incundus ut ille / L'autheur / B. Textor.
With text in French, Greek, and Latin [see unicode field] including the following credits:
At lower center: Le peintre / Isaac la Grese. / L'escrivain / Thomas Huilier.
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
62413
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper with a sheet pasted a middle right to cover inscription, laid on paper, formerly laid on an album page
Inscribed
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 9/16 x 7 15/16 in. (31.9 x 20.2 cm), irregular
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number:
1889.10.4.4
Marks:
Inside 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
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along left edge vertically: 6 /10/
With text in French, Greek, and Latin [see unicode field] including the following credits:
At center: L'autheur. / B. Textor.
At lower right: Le peintre. / Pierre Vase, aliâs Cruche. / L'escrivain. / Thomas Huilier.
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
62412
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus), Adult Female or Alpine Variant (alpestris)
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 7/8 x 12 5/16 in. (22.5 x 31.3 cm), irregular
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Object Number:
1889.10.4.3
Marks:
Inside 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
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along upper edge: Beos foemina. /4/
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
62411
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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