Yale Center for British Art

Title:: Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds.
Published / Created:: Great Britain, 1830s?
Physical Description:: 6 paper trays ; in box 23 x 19 x 7 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Classification:: Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:: A description of how to make similarly constructed pictures of birds, but with natural feathers, is given in: Elegant arts for ladies (London : Ward and Lock, 1861).
Exhibition History:: "Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
Subject Terms:: Gould, John, 1804-1881. | Birds -- Pictorial works. | Ornithology -- Great Britain. | Women in natural history.
Form/Genre:: Cut-paper works. | Featherwork. | Watercolors -- 1830-1839.
Contributors:: Jardine, William, 1784-1843. Natural history of humming-birds. | Hayes, W. (William), 1729-1799. Portraits of rare and curious birds, with their descriptions. | Selby, Prideaux John, 1788-1867. Natural history of parrots. | Shaw, George, 1751-1813. General zoology. | Lear, Edward, 1812-1888, illustrator. | Griffiths, Mrs., illustrator.