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Gwillim Collection With digital objects
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Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Framed portrait of a raptor in full landscape. Raptor is red with white head, foreground is full of foliage, three worshipful figures at right in full background.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

Mounted painting of a beige eagle with darker back and tail feathers, perched on wood with some fronds/foliage. Inscription in lower right corner reads, "Hieraaetus pennatus Booted Eagle (K.S.192)" with a question mark and a male symbol.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)

Mounted painting of a brown duck with dark back and spotted neck, yellow beak, light and dark and green tail feathers, standing on flat rock by the water with reeds and plants. Inscription in lower right corner reads, "Anas" with another faint inscription, "The male and female are both?"

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Indian pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)

Mounted painting of a small white and beige heron in breeding plumage with darker, red back feathers, in sparse landscape with rocks, minimal foliage, and some mountains in right distance. Inscription at bottom left, on painted ground reads, "Pond Heron or Paddy Bird (ardeola grayi)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Painting of a grey heron, with grey-spotted white neck and head, darker back feathers, with grey feathers at top of head. no background. Inscription at bottom left reads, "Common Heron [female glyph] {ardea cinerea)," with "Ardea major" pencilled in lower right corner.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia)

Mounted painting of a white egret in foreground, and six egrets in various poses in middle ground, on edge of river. Full background, with large trees, buildings, and people in boat in the distance.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Striated Heron (Butorides striatus)

Painting of a smaller heron, with a grey-green body with some striped feathers and neck spots, no background. Inscription at bottom left reads, "Little Green Heron (Butorides javanica)," and at bottom right, "Adrea."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Indian pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)

Painting of a small brown heron with spots along the chest and lighter belly, in non-breeding plumage. Very detailed foreground and marshy landscape, with water and reeds in the background, elaborate and likely specific types of plants along the front.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Painting in mat frame of a small brown bird with long, thin beak, neck and back covered in brown and white speckled feathers, white underbelly and grey legs. Rocky piles at both the foreground and background, plain ground otherwise. Inscription at bottom left reads, "Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

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