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HART, William Matthew (1830-1908)
Common Pheasant; Phasianus colchicus; Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus
numbered '4.12.' and with inscription on the mount 'J. Gould/Phasianus colchicus/Common Pheasant'; pencil and watercolour heightened with white and gum arabic, 359 x 533mm, framed and glazed.
Literature: John Gould, The Birds of Great Britain, IV, plate 12.
Provenance: Frederick Du Cane Godman (lot 102 in his sale, Christie's, London, 4 October 1994).
Although Gould regarded the pheasant as an introduced species like the turkey and peacock, he agreed with his subscribers' wishes to include it since it was partially wild in woods. The portrayal of a male pheasant killed by a poacher's snare represented 'an old and true Phasianus colchius which has met a fate to which hundreds of its bretheren are annually subjected'.
Common Pheasant; Phasianus colchicus; Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus
numbered '4.12.' and with inscription on the mount 'J. Gould/Phasianus colchicus/Common Pheasant'; pencil and watercolour heightened with white and gum arabic, 359 x 533mm, framed and glazed.
Literature: John Gould, The Birds of Great Britain, IV, plate 12.
Provenance: Frederick Du Cane Godman (lot 102 in his sale, Christie's, London, 4 October 1994).
Although Gould regarded the pheasant as an introduced species like the turkey and peacock, he agreed with his subscribers' wishes to include it since it was partially wild in woods. The portrayal of a male pheasant killed by a poacher's snare represented 'an old and true Phasianus colchius which has met a fate to which hundreds of its bretheren are annually subjected'.
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