Museum Collections
Luce Center
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) or Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Object Number:
1889.10.2.23
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, white lead pigment, and black ink over black chalk on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. (20 x 29.8 cm), irregular
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: 33[in a box] LL. M.M.
With text in French, Greek, and Latin [see unicode field] including the following credits:
At upper right: L'autheur. / B. Textor.
At lower center: Le peintre. / Isaac la Grese. / L'escrivain . / Thomas Huilier.
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.