Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Featherwork picture of a common pheasant.
Published / Created:
Great Britain, late 19th century?
Physical Description:
1 picture : bird feathers, watercolor ; image 10 x 12 cm, on sheet 11 x 19 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
QL674.4 F43 1850b
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bruce Marshall Rare Books
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes:
A description of how to make similarly constructed pictures of birds with natural feathers is given in: Elegant arts for ladies (London : Ward and Lock, 1861).

Cased with a similar picture of a black-hooded oriole, presumably by the same creator.

Illustration of a common pheasant, or ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), by an unidentified artist, late 19th century. The body of the species is formed by real bird feathers; the remainder of the picture is supplied with watercolor. The image depicts the pheasant perched upon a small stub of a tree. The back of the sheet is inscribed: "Phasianus colchicus."
Subject Terms:
Birds -- Pictorial works. | Ornithology -- Great Britain. | Pheasants. | Ring-necked pheasant.
Form/Genre:
Feather (material) | Featherwork.