Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10157
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Nests of the Nuthatch and the Jackdaw
Date
1772
Creator
Adam Ludwig Wirsing (1734 - 1797, German) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
42210
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 395mm
width (print): 255mm
width (print): 255mm
Subject
Description
Two studies of birds’ nests. Figure 1, the nest of the nuthatch Sitta europaea containing a clutch of five eggs. Figure 2 the nest of the jackdaw Corvus monedula containing a clutch of two eggs.
Plate 11 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel...by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: “Tab.XI. Der kleine krumschnaeblichte graue Baum Kleber. Fig.1 du Grimperau. Dohle. Fig.2 du Choucas. A.L.Wirsing excudit Norimberg.”
Plate 11 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel...by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: “Tab.XI. Der kleine krumschnaeblichte graue Baum Kleber. Fig.1 du Grimperau. Dohle. Fig.2 du Choucas. A.L.Wirsing excudit Norimberg.”
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