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Artist: Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) (2)

Period: 18th century (3822)

Type: watercolour (2151)

Style: British (2582)

Keywords
birds (536) | drawings (7940) | starlings (1)

Starling

Circa 1797

Thomas Bewick (1753-1828)

Watercolour on paper

Height: 19.9 cm; Width: 25.5 cm;

Inscription
Inscribed, pen and ink (brown), recto, lower centre, The Natural size
Inscribed, pen and ink (brown), recto, lower left, The eye a little high, bright / the Body a little more plump.
Signed, pen and ink (brown), recto, lower right, Thomas Bewick

Acquisition
Witt, Robert Clermont (Sir); bequest; 1952
D.1952.RW.2467

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