Album of bird illustrations made from bird feathers.
Published / Created:
Great Britain, approximately 1880.
Physical Description:
26 pictures in 1 volume : bird feathers, watercolor ; volume 22 x 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes:
Contained in a stationer's "Scrap Album" made by Marcus Ward & Co. (whose small label is affixed to the rear pastedown), bound in green cloth boards, the front cover stamped in black to illustrate a pair of birds in a cherry tree. With a the title leaf, printed in gold, reading: "Album. London: Marcus Ward & Co., and Royal Ulster Works, Belfast."
Exhibition History:
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
Subject Terms:
Birds -- Pictorial works. | Ornithology -- Great Britain. | Women in natural history.
