Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Album of watercolors of British birds.
Physical Description:
1 album (94 drawings) : watercolor ; 20 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Notes:
Bound in early 20th-century black half morocco over green sand-grained cloth, by William Rodman and Co. of Belfast, the flat spine divided into four compartments by double gilt fillets, the foot of spine with ownership initials "B.W.W." in gilt.
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 -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Ducks -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Water birds -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Owls -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | William Rodman and Co. -- Binder.
Form/Genre:
Ornithological illustrations. | Watercolors -- 1820-1830. | Ink drawings -- 1820-1830. | Albums (books) | Sketchbooks.