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19. Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Latin name : Tringa erythropus (Pallas, 1764)
Inventory number : Série 30 Feuillet 5
Dates : Before February 1806
Full size : H. 32,6cm ; l. 22,7cm
Physical description : Pastel, graphite, ink on wove paper
Inscriptions : sse himantopus (ink, at upper left) L’Echasse (ink, at lower left)
Side view of bird in a living pose. A colored engraving (author unknown) is pinned on the sheet. An example of the kind of montage made by C.M.D. d’Orbigny.