Lot Essay
Discovered in 1896 by the British naturalist explorer John Whitehead, the Monkey Eating Eagle now more commonly known as the Great Philippine Eagle is the national bird of the Philippines
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Monkey Eating Eagle, (Pithecophaga Jefferyi)
Details
Johannes Gerardus Keulemans (1842-1912)
Monkey Eating Eagle, (Pithecophaga Jefferyi)
signed with monogram 'JGK' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour, bodycolour and black chalk heightened with white on paper
21 x 14 ½in. (53.2 x 36.8cm.)
Monkey Eating Eagle, (Pithecophaga Jefferyi)
signed with monogram 'JGK' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour, bodycolour and black chalk heightened with white on paper
21 x 14 ½in. (53.2 x 36.8cm.)
Literature
published on the cover of Oriental Bird Club, Bulletin 24, December 1996