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Attributed to David Pennant
d. 1841
Quails and Doves. Verso: Quail
Watercolor, pen and blue-gray ink over pencil on paper, one dove pricked for transfer; verso: pen and gray ink.
8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches (212 x 271 mm)
Gift of Mr. Henry S. Morgan.
1961.6:13
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One of fourteen drawings and one colored proof engraving removed from Mark Catesby's "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands...", 2 vol., London, 1731-1743 (PML 45708-45709).
Inscription:
Inscribed in David Pennant's hand, in pen and brown ink at lower left, "New England Quail or Partiridge"; in pencil, at left center, "bil Duskey blue / Eye Orange", in blue-gray ink at upper right, "Turtle Dove".
Provenance:
Jekyll Catesby; Thomas Pennant; David Pennant; Henry S. Morgan.
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Catesby, Jekyll, former owner.
Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798, former owner.
Pennant, David, d. 1841, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749. Natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands.
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