The discovery of a cache of over 200 sixteenth-century avian watercolors
Subtitle: a missing chapter in the history of ornithological illustration
By: Roberta J.M. Olson and Alexandra Mazzitelli
Contributors: Mazzitelli, Alexandra
Publisher: Master Drawings Association
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 521
Subjects: Birds; Pictorial works; Ornithological illustration; History; Birds in art; European Watercolor painting
Notes: Caption title.

The collection, consisting of four albums, was accessioned by the New-York Historical Society in 1889 and had probably belonged to the 2nd Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish (1673-1729).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 516-521).

In: Master drawings (ISSN 0025-5025), v. 45, no. 4 (2007) (issue title: Still-life & natural history drawings).
Table of contents: title: The albums; title: Provenance; title: The infancy of published ornithological illustrations : Pierre Belon and Konrad Gesner; title: First Avian Project; title: Second Avian Project; title: Eleazar Albin's "A natural history of birds" (1731-38) redux.