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Image number: RS.10038
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‘The Hoopoe’
Date
1761
Creator
George Edwards (1694 - 1773, British) , Ornithologist
Object type
Library reference
38029
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 288mm
width (print): 220mm
width (print): 220mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of a Hoopoe Upupa epops, perched on a low branch with a hill behind.
Plate 345 from chapter 135 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 3 (London, for the author, 1764). The author describes the bird within the text: “This Bird was shot in the neighbourhood of London, and given to me by Dr.Reeve, President of the Royal College of Physicians...It is not properly a native of England, tho’ a straggling bird is sometimes taken...It is common in most parts of the Continent of Europe, where I believe it to be a Bird of Passage...”
The plate is inscribed: “Ang, the Hoopoe. Lat, Upupu. Fran, Pupue ou Hupe. Ital, Bubbola. H.Germ, Widehuppe. Drawn from life. G.Edwards Septem 1 AD1759.”
Plate 345 from chapter 135 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 3 (London, for the author, 1764). The author describes the bird within the text: “This Bird was shot in the neighbourhood of London, and given to me by Dr.Reeve, President of the Royal College of Physicians...It is not properly a native of England, tho’ a straggling bird is sometimes taken...It is common in most parts of the Continent of Europe, where I believe it to be a Bird of Passage...”
The plate is inscribed: “Ang, the Hoopoe. Lat, Upupu. Fran, Pupue ou Hupe. Ital, Bubbola. H.Germ, Widehuppe. Drawn from life. G.Edwards Septem 1 AD1759.”
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