EditorialTwo Dead Birds (A Quail and a Long-Beaked Bird)., 1685?1755, Brush with gray, black, brown, and light orange wash over graphite. Traces of framing outlines in pen and black ink at left and right edges, sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 3/4 in. (18.5 x 12.1 cm), Drawin...
EditorialQuails from an apron-like garment, Archaic, 7th century B.C., Italic, Amber, H.: 3/4 x 15/16 in. (1.9 x 2.4 cm), Miscellaneous-Amber, Each quail is carefully rendered in the round and sits on a perforated rectangular base, suggesting these pieces origi...
EditorialRelief plaque with quail chick, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 400?30 B.C., From Egypt, Limestone, H. 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.); W. 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.); D. 2 cm (13/16 in.), Small Late Period and Ptolemaic reliefs or sculptures that depict a subject in a par...
Editorial????????, Case with Quail and Millet, Edo period (1615?1868), mid-19th century, Japan, Black lacquer ground with gold and silver hiramaki-e, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm), Lacquer.
Editorial????, Quail and Millet, Edo period (1615?1868), late 17th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, 46 5/8 x 18 3/4 in. (118.4 x 47.6 cm), Paintings, Kiyohara Yukinobu (Japanese, 1643?1682), Tranquility pervades this delicate rendition of ...
EditorialRelief plaque with two swallows, opposite side two quail chicks, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 400?30 B.C., From Egypt, Limestone, paint, 15 x 13.8 x 0.9 cm (5 7/8 x 5 7/16 x 3/8 in.), Small Late Period and Ptolemaic reliefs or sculptures that depict a...
EditorialRelief of quail chick, preliminary sketch opposite side, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 400?200 B.C., From Egypt, Limestone, H. 8.5 cm x W. 7.2 cm x Th. 2 cm.
EditorialBlue-headed quail-dove, Starnoenas cyanocephala (endangered), and black Polish carrier pigeon, Columba livia. Handcoloured lithograph by Burggraaff from Th. Lejeune's Complete Works of Buffon, Oeuvres Completes de Buffon, Brussels, 1837.
EditorialLa Mauve en Arbre a fleurs doubles, rouge et rayees de blanc. Hibiscus syriacus and quail, Coturnix species. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz' Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qui se cult...
EditorialA Quail; Unknown; Th?rouanne ?, France (formerly Flanders), Europe; fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277); Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 23.3 x 16.4 cm (9 3/16 x 6 7/16 in.).
EditorialCalifornia quail, Callipepla californica, and Luzon bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba luzonica. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of N...
EditorialBlue-headed quail-dove, Starnoenas cyanocephala. Endangered. (Blue headed turtle or pigeon, Columba cyanocephala) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by William Hayes from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Oster...
EditorialMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, in suit of armour and plumed helmet, mounted on an armoured horse with caparison with the coat of arms of Austria (five golden quail) and the Archdukedom of Austria (silver fess on a red field). After a coloured woodcu...
EditorialMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, in suit of armour and plumed helmet, mounted on an armoured horse with the coat of arms of Austria (five golden quail) and the Archdukedom of Austria (silver fess on a red field). After a coloured woodcut by Hans Burgk...
EditorialBlue breasted quail, Coturnix chinensis. (Chinese quail, Tetrao chinensis) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by William Hayes from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park, London, Bulmer, 1794.
EditorialGrey partridge, Perdix perdix, red-legged partridge, Alectoris rufa, and common quail, Coturnix coturnix. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Fournier after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's "New Edition of the Complete Works of Buffon," Pourr...
EditorialCalifornia quail, Callipepla californica. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1798. Most of the 1,064 illustrations...
EditorialRuddy quail-dove, Geotrygon montana, native to Central and South America. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selby's volume "Pigeons" in Sir William Jardine's "Naturalist's Library: Or...
EditorialRain quail, Coturnix coromandelica, and red-legged partridge, Alectoris rufa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre,...
EditorialBlue-headed quail-dove, Starnoenas cyanocephala (Geophilus cyanocephalus, Blue-headed ground dove), endangered, native to Cuba. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selby's volume "Pigeo...
EditorialCommon quail, Coturnix coturnix. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds" (1794-1819). Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He...