Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata)
- CA RBD Gwillim-1-011
- Item
- [between 1801 and 1807?]
Part of Gwillim Collection
Mounted painting of a brown and white eagle actively crouched on a rocky cliff, overlooking water and a distant background with very small pagoda, copse of palms, and ship in water. Inscriptions below the painting read, "Bonelli's eagle (intermediate plumage) Hieraaetus fasciatus" at bottom center, and then slightly to right of that, "? Hieraaetus fasciatus fasciatus Bonelli's eagle (intermediate plumage) (191 – K.S.)."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807