Hawfinch
Painting
1800-1830 (made)
1800-1830 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This painting of a hawfinch is one of the mass-produced pictures aimed at European visitors. Foreign flora and fauna were of great interest to British botanists in the 18th and 19th centuries, and such enthusiasm gradually filtered down to the general public. Travellers often returned to Britain with paintings depicting numerous species of exotic birds.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Hawfinch (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, 'Hawfinch', watercolours and ink on paper, Guangzhou, China, c.1800-1830 |
| Physical description | Painting depicting a small grey bird with black head and wings on plain gorund. It sits on a brown branch which grows from the right side of the page towards the left. Pink flowers also bloom. The page has a two-band border. |
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| Object history | Foreign flora and fauna was of great interest to British botanists in the 18th and 19th centuries, and such enthusiasm gradually filtered down to the general public. Travellers often returned to Britain with paintings depicting numerous species of exotic birds. This painting of a hawfinch is one of those mass-produced pictures aimed at European visitors. Purchased from E. Parsons, accessioned in 1889. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This painting of a hawfinch is one of the mass-produced pictures aimed at European visitors. Foreign flora and fauna were of great interest to British botanists in the 18th and 19th centuries, and such enthusiasm gradually filtered down to the general public. Travellers often returned to Britain with paintings depicting numerous species of exotic birds. |
| Bibliographic reference | Souvenir from Canton : Chinese export paintings from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Shanghai, 2003
no.256 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.1324-1889 |
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| Record created | October 1, 2002 |
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