ARTIST: William Hayes
PUBLISHER: Published London.
MEDIUM: Water color over etched outline,
DATE: 1794-99.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 1/8 x 7 3/8" (181 x 190 mm).
DESCRIPTION: From Hayes' "Portraits of Rare and Curous Birds...from Species in the Menagerie of Child the Banker, at Osterley Park, near London". This work contains 101 bird depictions, many of tropical and American species. They are almost totally water colors, guided only by a sketchy etched outline. Hayes and his childrren did the work themselves.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition and color.
REFERENCE: Skipworth, Great Bird Illustrators, p. 9.
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