Five ornithological studies: 'Peregrine Falcon Perched on a Carved Block with Egg and Butterfly Above', 'Young Black Throated Diver at Rest', 'Female Great Bustard Standing’, ‘Bittern Standing on a Rocky Outcrop’, and ‘Water-Hen’

Sir William Strickland, Bt. (1753-1834)
Five ornithological studies: 'Peregrine Falcon Perched on a Carved Block with Egg and Butterfly Above', 'Young Black Throated Diver at Rest', 'Female Great Bustard Standing’, ‘Bittern Standing on a Rocky Outcrop’, and ‘Water-Hen’
ii) signed and dated 'W.S./ 1810' (lower centre)
v) signed and dated 'W.S:1771' (lower left) and inscribed 'WATER-HEN.' (upper left)
i) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
ii) pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper
iii) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
iv) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
v) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
i) 13⁵⁄₈ x 8¹⁄₂ in. (35 x 21.5 cm.)
ii) 13¹⁄₄ x 17 in. (33.5 x 43 cm.)
iii) 13³⁄₄ x 10 in. (35 x 25.5. cm.)
iv) 15⁵⁄₈ x 11³⁄₈ in. (40 x 28.5 cm.)
v) 12 x 7¹⁄₈ in. (30.5 x 18.5 cm.)

The artist, and by descent in
The Strickland Family of Boynton Hall, Bridlington, Yorkshire.

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