Item consists of a pencil and partially coloured illustration of a reddish brown bird with black wings poised on a branch and a flying insect, with description in pen in contemporary hand: Another variety of the Certhia, with wild Forest Plants, and Insects, in the Concan. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.
Drawing of a Barbary Macaque from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Northern Algeria, Morocco, and Gibraltar.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Painting showing a side view of brown fish with red fins; scales individually rendered; blue wash underneath. Pencilled inscription on mat reads, "Apogon cupreus."
Drawing of an Arctic Skua--also known as a Parasitic Jaeger--from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: widespread along all coasts.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Drawing of an Arctic Skua--also known as a Parasitic Jaeger--from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: widespread along all coasts.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Drawing on an immature Arctic Skua--also known as a Parasitic Jaeger--from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: widespread along all coasts.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790