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Indian Ring-Dove
African Collared Dove
Streptopelia roseogrisea
peter paillou Fect, janavery 1744-5
Item
1 watercolour painting ; 56 x 39 cm + 1 leaf
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.
Drawing of a pair of African Collared Doves from 18th century specimens [modern geographical distribution: Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and North America].
Manuscript note on front of drawing: Indian Ring-Dove (Streptopelia risoria) peter paillou Fect, janavery 1744-5
Scientific name: Streptopelia roseogrisea
With manuscript text on accompanying leaf.
Transcription of manuscript note on accompanying leaf: Risoria
Columba supra lutescens, lunula
cervicali nigra. L.N.S. [sic] p. 165
Habitat in India, nobis communis Turtur
The
Barbadoes Turtle Dove
Translation of manuscript note on accompanying leaf: Risoria
Columba it is yellowish on top,
with a black crescent-shaped mark on the nape. L.N.S. [sic] p. 165
It lives in India; we know it by the common name Turtur.
The
Barbadoes Turtle Dove