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Alexander Marshal (c. 1620-82)
Red-billed toucan, pomegranate (double form), common crane, meadow saffron or autumn crocus with caterpillar of buff-tip moth, vine branch, scarlet macaw, mona monkey, filbert or hazel nuts, caterpillar of cabbage white butterfly, and common frog c. 1650-82
Watercolour | 45.8 x 34.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 924412
Alexander Marshal (c. 1620-82)
Red-billed toucan, pomegranate (double form), common crane, meadow saffron or autumn crocus with caterpillar of buff-tip moth, vine branch, scarlet macaw, mona monkey, filbert or hazel nuts, caterpill c. 1650-82
Alexander Marshal (c. 1620-82)
Red-billed toucan, pomegranate (double form), common crane, meadow saffron or autumn crocus with caterpillar of buff-tip moth, vine branch, scarlet macaw, mona monkey, filbert or hazel nuts, caterpill c. 1650-82
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A page of watercolours including a Parsley Grape, a Crocus with a caterpillar, a Frog and another Caterpillar, a Monkey eating Cherries and a Parrot, Toucan and Stork in miniature and a Pomegranate flower. The double-flowered pomegranate was introduced to England around 1620 by the renowned gardener, John Tradescant the elder. The frog is one of Marshal’s most realistic animal drawings.
Provenance
Presented to George IV
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour
Measurements
45.8 x 34.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 24412Featured in
ExhibitionAmazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Drawings illustrating the development of European knowledge
