fauna from "British Ornithology; being the history, with a coloured representation of every known species of British birds"
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This image has been taken from scan 000066 from "British Ornithology; being the history, with a coloured representation of every known species of British birds". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flickr photostream.
In the 1700's and 1800's naturalists used their scientific knowledge to draw birds with great detail. The most famous bird paintings were by the naturalist artists John Gould (1804-1881) and John J. Audubon (1785–1851).
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Date
1850 - 1870
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British Library
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