90. Common Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos


  • Latin name : Luscinia megarhynchos C. L. Brehm, 1831
  • Inventory number : Série 29 Feuillet 17
  • Dates : Before February 1806
  • Full size : H. 14,2cm ; l. 18,4cm
  • Physical description : Pastel, graphite, on wove paper
  •  Signature  : L.J.J A (graphite, at lower right, along grassy  ground)
  •  Inscriptions  : Le Rossignol (graphite, at lower center)

  • Link to Harvard University collections :
    identical  duplicate
  •  : Le Rossignol de Buffon. the Nightingale. Near Nantes, France, , 1805 July 6

Side view of bird in a living pose on a grassy ground, with an egg.