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Creator:
unknown artist
Title:

An Egyptian Vulture

Date:
Undated
Medium:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:
Mount: 20 9/16 × 26 7/16 inches (52.2 × 67.2 cm), Sheet: 17 1/8 × 24 inches (43.5 × 61 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite on mount, lower left: "Egyptian - Vulture LT"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, verso, lower right: "NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS Egyptian Vulture"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.589
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
animal art | birds | ornithology | science | taxonomy (discipline) | vultures
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2230
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