Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a White-fronted parrot from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Neotropics: Costa Rican moist forests, Central American dry and pine-oak forests, and the Yucatan Peninsula.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Painting in mat frame of a white and grey tern with darker bib and black headcap. Orange-red beak and feet. No background other than the suggestion of a beige rock and ground under the bird's body. Inscription below painting reads, "White-cheeked tern (Sterna albigena)."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Part of Gwillim Collection
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
Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a Whimbrel from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: worldwide.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a pair of Northern Wheatears from 18th century specimens [modern geographical distribution: Europe, Central Asia, Africa, and North America. Attributed to Collins, Charles].
Collins, Charles
Westminster clocktower, 3 views
Part of Charles Barry Fonds
Barry, Charles, 1795-1860
Part of Charles Barry Fonds
Includes 2 sketches of different schemes for clock area and roof; 1 sketch for a different roof; and 8 sketches of slightly different schemes for central cupola.
Barry, Charles, 1795-1860
Westminster buttresses and finials
Part of Charles Barry Fonds
Barry, Charles, 1795-1860
Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Full scale painting of a brown raptor with lighter face, chest, and tail feathers. Branch perch and some background very vaguely and lightly sketched out, with much smaller bird drawn on another branch in the bottom right. Inscription below painting include, "Circus cinereus (52)," faintly pencilled in lower left corner, and pencilled in the centre below the painting, "Marsh Harrier (circus aeruginosus)," "circus aeruginosis vel spilunotus [sp?]," "[KS #41] or [44]."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Mounted painting of a multi-shaded brown eagle, perched on rock with branches and foliage close by. Inscription below the painting reads, "Circus aeruginosus (54) Male symbol" and in lower right corner, "Circus aeruginosus Male symbol Marsh Harrier [K.S. No.41]."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807