EditorialRoerdomp (Botaurus stellaris), aresbias, ardea stellaris minor. (title on object), Roerdomp. Numbered top right: 22. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, co...
EditorialArdea Stell. Merops, Vulture aur., Parallel Title: Bittern, Krinitz, Gold-Geyer, Signed: J. A. Corvinus sculps, copperplate engraving, plate CCXLIX (Vol. 2), F?ssli, Johann Melchior; Corvinus, Johann August (sculps.), 1731, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer: Kup...
EditorialBittern, Figure of painted porcelain. The figure represents a stirrup that stands on an irregular base between leaves and irises. The chest and neck feathers, those of the abdomen, the wings and the legs are painted in light and dark red-brown, black, ...
EditorialJean-Baptiste Oudry, Spaniel Seizing a Bittern, Poodle in battle with drumming, painting, 1725, oil on canvas, Height, 97 cm (38.1 inches), Width, 131 cm (51.5 inches), Signed, JB, Oudry 1725.
EditorialRoerdomp, Figure of painted porcelain. The figure represents a bittern, standing on an irregular round base, leaning against a thick bunch of aquatic plants painted in green. The feathers are painted in various shades of brown, black and yellow. The to...
EditorialAmerican Bittern, North American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus, Ardea lentiginosa), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 365 (vol. 6), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from...
EditorialLeast Bittern, American Miniature Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis, Ardea exilis), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 366 (Vol. 6), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawing...
EditorialEurypyga solaris, Print, Sunbittern, The sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus Eurypyga. It is found in Central a...
EditorialEurypyga solaris, Print, Sunbittern, The sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus Eurypyga. It is found in Central a...
EditorialEurypyga solaris, Print, Sunbittern, The sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus Eurypyga. It is found in Central a...
EditorialEurypyga solaris, Print, Sunbittern, The sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus Eurypyga. It is found in Central a...
EditorialEurypyga solaris, Print, Sunbittern, The sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus Eurypyga. It is found in Central a...
EditorialTHE CRISIS IN EGYPT, (A) THE FORTIFICATIONS OF ALEXANDRIA HARBOUR, (B) THE ALLIED SQUADRON IN HARBOUR AT ALEXANDRIA: 1. The Khedive's Yacht Maharoussa; 2. Greek Ironclad King George; 3. Greek Frigate Hellas; 4. Egyptian Frigate Mehemet Ali; 5. French C...
EditorialBotaurus stellaris capensis (Eurasian bittern or great bittern). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 399 mm ? w 244 mm; h 353 mm ? w 217 mm.
EditorialThe Brasilian Bittern. Nouvelles illustrations de zoologie, contenant cinquante planches enlumine?es d'oiseaux curieux ... et quelques de quadrupe?des, de reptiles et d'insectes, avec de courtes descriptions syste?matiques. (New Illustrations of Zoo...
EditorialThe Small Bittern (Ardea virescens). Dated: published 1754. Dimensions: plate: 26.4 x 35.2 cm (10 3/8 x 13 7/8 in.) sheet: 29.1 x 41.1 cm (11 7/16 x 16 3/16 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving on laid paper.
EditorialSun Bittern, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1889, Commercial color lithograph, Sheet: 2 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (7.3 x 8.3 cm), Trade cards from the 'Birds of the Tropics' series (N38), issued in 1889 in a set of 50 cards...
EditorialSun Bittern, from the Birds of the Tropics series (N5) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1889, Commercial color lithograph, Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm), Trade cards from the 'Birds of the Tropics' series (N5), issued in 1889 in a series o...
EditorialBittern (one of a pair), ca. 1750, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, Height: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, Porcelain birds have their origins in the princely tradition of maintaining collections of living animals and birds in menagerie...
EditorialAmerican Bittern, from the Game Birds series (N40) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888?90, Commercial color lithograph, Sheet: 2 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (7.3 x 8.3 cm), Trade cards from the 'Game Birds' series (N40), issued in 1888-90 in a set of 50 cards to p...
EditorialSouth American or pinnated bittern, Botaurus pinnatus. (Brazilian bittern, Ardea brasiliensis.) From a specimen in the possession of Thomas Pennant. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology, B. White, Lond...
EditorialRufescent tiger-heron, Tigrisoma lineatum (Tiger bittern, Ardea tigrina). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1804.
EditorialLittle bittern, Ixobrychus minutus. (Little brown bittern, Ardea minuta) Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1800.
EditorialTHE CRISIS IN EGYPT, (A) THE FORTIFICATIONS OF ALEXANDRIA HARBOUR, (B) THE ALLIED SQUADRON IN HARBOUR AT ALEXANDRIA: 1. The Khedive's Yacht Maharoussa; 2. Greek Ironclad King George; 3. Greek Frigate Hellas; 4. Egyptian Frigate Mehemet Ali; 5. French C...
EditorialLittle bittern, Ixobrychus minutus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and en...