Birds

Bird

Artist: John Edward Grey

Date: 1830-34

Bird

Artist: John Edward Grey

Date: 1830-34

Bird

Artist: John Edward Grey

Date: 1830-34

Bird

Artist: John Edward Grey

Date: 1830-34

Bird

Artist: John Edward Grey

Date: 1830-34

Bird

Artist: John Edward Grey

Date: 1830-34

Les Pigeons - 1

Artist - Unknown

Date 1811

Les Pigeons - 2

Artist - Unknown

Date 1811

Les Pigeons - 3

Artist - Unknown

Date 1811

Les Pigeons - 4

Artist - Unknown

Date 1811

Les Pigeons - 6

Artist - Unknown

Date 1811

Les Pigeons - 5

Artist - Unknown

Date 1811

Bird

Artist: John Edward Grey

Date: 1830-34

Pair of Birds

Artist: John Edward Grey

Date: 1830-34

Pair of Birds

Artist: John Edward Grey

Date: 1830-34

Black Stork in a Landscape

Date: 1780

The distinctive white neck feathers, purple-streaked wings, and red-tinged beak of this bird identify it as a Woolly-Necked Stork.

Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art - 2001

The Naturalist's Miscellany or Coloured figures of Natural Objects

Artist: George Shaw

Date: 1751-1813

George Kearsley Shaw (1751 –1813) was an English botanist and zoologist. In 1786 he became the assistant lecturer in botany at Oxford University. He was a co-founder of the Linnean Society in 1788, and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.

The Naturalist's Miscellany or Coloured figures of Natural Objects

Artist: George Shaw

Date: 1751-1813

George Kearsley Shaw (1751 –1813) was an English botanist and zoologist. In 1786 he became the assistant lecturer in botany at Oxford University. He was a co-founder of the Linnean Society in 1788, and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.

The Naturalist's Miscellany or Coloured figures of Natural Objects

Artist: George Shaw

Date: 1751-1813

George Kearsley Shaw (1751 –1813) was an English botanist and zoologist. In 1786 he became the assistant lecturer in botany at Oxford University. He was a co-founder of the Linnean Society in 1788, and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.

Birds of Australia

Artist: John Gould

Date:1837

Birds of Australia

Artist: John Gould

Date:1837

Birds of Australia

Artist: John Gould

Date:1837

Birds of Australia

Artist: John Gould

Date:1837

 A History of British birds

Artist: Francis Orpen Morris

Date: 1863

Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893) was an Irish clergyman, notable as "parson-naturalist" and as the author of many children's books and books on natural history and heritage buildings. He was a pioneer of the movement to protect birds from the plume trade and was a co-founder of the Plumage League.

African Bird Study

Artist: François Le Vaillant

Date:1799

François Levaillant (1753-1824) was a French author, explorer, naturalist, zoological collector, and noted ornithologist. He described many new species of birds based on birds he collected in Africa and several birds are named after him.

African Bird Study

Artist: François Le Vaillant

Date:1799

François Levaillant (1753-1824) was a French author, explorer, naturalist, zoological collector, and noted ornithologist. He described many new species of birds based on birds he collected in Africa and several birds are named after him.

African Bird Study

Artist: François Le Vaillant

Date:1799

François Levaillant (1753-1824) was a French author, explorer, naturalist, zoological collector, and noted ornithologist. He described many new species of birds based on birds he collected in Africa and several birds are named after him.

African Bird Study

Artist: François Le Vaillant

Date:1799

François Levaillant (1753-1824) was a French author, explorer, naturalist, zoological collector, and noted ornithologist. He described many new species of birds based on birds he collected in Africa and several birds are named after him.