Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Featherwork picture of a black-hooded oriole.

Published / Created:

Great Britain, late 19th century?

Physical Description:

1 picture : bird feathers, watercolor ; image 10 x 13 cm, on sheet 11 x 19 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
QL674.4 .F43 1850a
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bruce Marshall Rare Books

Copyright Status:

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 common pheasant, presumably by the same creator.

Illustration of a black-hooded oriole (Oriolus xanthornus ceylonensis), 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 oriole perched upon a small stub of a tree. The back of the sheet is inscribed: "Oriolus ceylonensis [illegible]."

Subject Terms:

Birds -- Pictorial works. | Ornithology -- Great Britain. | Oriolus. | Black-hooded oriole.

Form/Genre:

Feather (material) | Featherwork.