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Domestic fowl [male]
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Chicken
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Gallus gallus domesticus
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P. Paillou Ft. january the 6th 1749;
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- Parallel titles and other title information: Title from Mousley: Gallus sp?
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CA RBD MSG BW002-471
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1 watercolour painting ; 56 x 39 cm + 1 leaf
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(approximately 1720-approximately 1790)
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Peter Paillou was born in London into a Huguenot family and was recognised in his own time as an eminent ‘bird painter’. In 1744 he began to paint for Taylor White and worked for him for almost thirty years, painting chiefly birds and mammals. He painted as well for Robert More, Joseph Banks, and for the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. Many of his paintings of birds were used as the basis for book illustrations, often engraved by his colleague and fellow Huguenot, Peter Mazell. Paillou was elected to the Society of Artists and in 1763 he exhibited ‘A Piece of Birds, in Watercolours; the Hen of the Wood and Cock of the Red Game’. In 1778, to considerable approval, he also showed a picture of ‘A Horned Owl from Peru’, completely made from feathers.
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Drawing of a Chicken from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: worldwide].
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General note
Manuscript note on front of drawing: Domestic fowl [male](Gallus sp?) P. Paillou Ft. january the 6th 1749;
General note
Manuscript note on back of drawing: + RA This Cock was called Egyptian I believe falsely; it was the largest Dunghill Cock I have seen, remarkable also for the long ness of its Comb and I guess for the White Spot under the ears. I suppose this Bird came from Spain or Portugal.
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Scientific name: Gallus gallus domesticus
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With manuscript text on accompanying leaf.
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Transcription of manuscript note on accompanying leaf: Gallus Gallinaceus
Gallus Cauda compressa adscendente
L.S.N. p.158
The Dunghill Cock
Aves Gallinae Didus
V. Gallinae
Rostrum convexum: mandibula superiore
fornicata, margine extra inferiorem dilatato
Nares membrana cartilaginea convexa
semitectae.
Rectrices plures quam duodecim.
Pedes. fissi, sed intimo articulo convexi
Species ut Descriptae sunt L.S.N: ed. 12 mo
97 Didus 101 Phasianus
98 Pavo 102 Numida
99 Meleagris 103 Tetrao
100 Crax
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Translation of manuscript note on accompanying leaf: Gallus Gallinaceus
Gallus with a narrow rising tail.
L.S.N. p.158
The Dunghill Cock
Aves Gallinae Didus
V. Gallinae
The beak is convex, with an arched upper
mandible and an enlarged outer edge on the lower mandible.
The nares are half-covered by a convex cartilaginous
membrane.
There are more than twelve flight feathers on the tail.
The feet are cleft, but the innermost toe is arched.
The species that are described in L.S.N: ed. 12 mo
97 Didus 101 Phasianus
98 Pavo 102 Numida
99 Meleagris 103 Tetrao
100 Crax
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Birds Volume 6, Painting 5