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Ring-necked Duck
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Aythya collaris
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CA RBD MSG BW002-876
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1 watercolour painting ; 56 x 39 cm + 1 leaf
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(approximately 1720-approximately 1790)
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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.
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Drawing of a Ring-necked Duck from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: North America, Europe, and Japan.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
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Manuscript note on back of drawing: [Sketch of specimen] a Goose form Brought from China 1761 in the month of Octr
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Scientific name: Aythya collaris
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With manuscript text on accompanying leaf.
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Transcription of manuscript note on accompanying leaf: Purpurea
Anas viridi purpurea, abdomine
pallide pallide [sic] purpureo tenuissime
nigro striato, pedibus luteis.
Rostrum purpurascens. Caput, Collum,
Pectus & Dorsi antica pars purpurea;
posterior pars dorsi viridi-violacea
ut et cauda quae brevis, truncata.
Alae virides, macula laterali lineis albis
latere circumscripta. Abdomen
pallide purpurascens lineis transversis
numerosis nigris striatum. Pedes
saturate lutei.
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Translation of manuscript note on accompanying leaf: Purpurea
Anas viridi purpurea [The purple and green...],
with a pale purple abdomen
streaked with very thin black lines, and yellow feet.
The beak is purple. The head, neck,
breast, and top part of the back are purple;
the lower part of the back is greenish-purple
as is also the tail, which is short, and cut-off.
The wings are green, with a patch on the side encircled
with white lines. The abdomen
is pale purple and streaked with several
black transverse lines. The feet
are a deep yellow.
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Birds Volume 16, Painting 16