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George Edwards, 1694–1773, British, Ptarmigan, ca. 1738
- Title:
Ptarmigan
- Date:
- ca. 1738
- Medium:
- Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 5/8 inches (27.3 × 21.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and blue ink, upper center: "The Particoloured Lagopus of Gesner."; in pen and brown ink, lower center: "The White Partridge | in its Summer Feathers"; inscribed on back in pen and brown ink, lower center: "The Particoloured Lagopus of Gesner | this bird is supposed to be white in winter | and the same with the bird - call the white | Partridge - Geo Edwards"; in pen and black ink, lower center: "Snow Partridge"; in graphite, lower right: "2919"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5257
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | bird | feathers | ptarmigan
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9508
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