[A Pair of Wrynecks on a Branch]

  • [London , 1780
By [PAILLOU, Peter (1720-1790)]
[London, 1780. Watercolour and gouache drawing, on laid paper. Inscribed on verso "By Paillou / Given me by Mr. More" Peter Paillou was a British painter best known for his works of natural history. He worked for two leading 18th-century naturalists, Taylor White and Thomas Pennant, painting bird pictures, many of which were engraved and used as plates in Pennant's books.

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Title

[A Pair of Wrynecks on a Branch]

Author

[PAILLOU, Peter (1720-1790)]

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

[London

Date

1780


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