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Attributed to Charles Collins, 1680–1744, British, Egyptian Vulture, ca. 1736
- Title:
Egyptian Vulture
- Additional Title(s):
Neophron percnopterus
- Date:
- ca. 1736
- Medium:
- Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and gray ink, and graphite with scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 × 23 inches (48.3 × 58.4 cm), Mount: 21 1/4 × 26 1/2 inches (54 × 67.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount, lower left: "Egyptian Vultur | LT"; lower right: "23 1/2 x 19 1/4"; inscribed on back of mount in pen and black ink: "Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture [...]"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6165
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | beak | bird | feathers | vulture
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8161
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