Greater Painted Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
- CA RBD Gwillim-1-046
- Item
- [between 1801 and 1807?]
Part of Gwillim Collection
Painting of a small male waterbird, with dark grey head and back with white eyemark, brown speckled wing, and white chest/belly. simple wash of beige ground, no background. Inscription bottom left reads, "Painted snipe (Rostratula capensis)."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807