Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9375
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Hoopoe bird
Date
17th century
Creator
Henry Hunt (British) , Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 286mm
width (painting): 202mm
width (painting): 202mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of the Hoopoe [Upupa epops], side view posed on a perch. Inscribed above "Upupa" and below "begun f. H.Hunt".
Associated place