BRITISH SCHOOL (EARLY-MID 18TH CENTURY)
Taxidermy pictures of various exotic birds including a Green Parakeet, a Wader, a Pheasant and a Cardinal, each held in gilded, carved and pierced chippendale-style frames
watercolour and taxidermy on paper
43 x 34 cm. (17 x 13 1/2 in.); 34 x 54 cm. (13 1/2 x 21 in.); 52 x 75 cm. (20 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.); 37 x 26 cm. (14 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.), respectively
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Provenance
It has been suggested that the author of the pictures was Mrs Whitmore, nee Mary Foley, born circa 1762. The Whitmores lived at Apley Hall, Shropshire.