Nine birds including an eagle, an owl, a pelican, three parrots, and two turkeys placed on a minimal ground with tree branch extending from truck on right side, from Douce Ornament Prints Album I

Title

Nine birds including an eagle, an owl, a pelican, three parrots, and two turkeys placed on a minimal ground with tree branch extending from truck on right side, from Douce Ornament Prints Album I
Artist/maker

Virgil Solis (1514 - 1562) (printmaker)
Associated place

Nuremberg (place of publication)
Date

1530 - 1562
Material and technique

etching and engraving on laid paper
Object type

print;

ornament print
Dimensions

sheet 5.2 x 10 cm (height x width)
plate 4.9 x 9.8 cm (height x width)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.
Museum location

Western Art Print Room
Museum department

Western Art
Accession no.

WA1915.84.80.2

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