Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands… by Archibald Thorburn

Chromolithograph of a common guillemot standing on a rocky ledge with other seabirds and flying birds over the sea behind.

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Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands - issued by Lord Lilford (Plate XXXVIII) (20132296749), Archibald Thorburn (1885), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A chromolithographic plate shows a common guillemot standing upright on a rocky ledge in the foreground, with its brown head and back and white breast clearly visible. Several other guillemots gather on the rocks behind it, and a line of birds flies over a grey sea under a pale sky. The plate is titled Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands, was painted by Archibald Thorburn, and dates to 1885.

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Date

1885

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

Themes

Animals, Birds