Brazilian Creeper
William Hayes (1729-1799)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1794
Materials
Glass, Paper, Watercolour paint, Wood
Measurements
355 x 275 mm
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771706
Summary
Portrait of a 'Brazilian creeper' almost certainly a blue hummingbird. By Williams Hayes from a collection of 'portraits of rare and curious birds from the menagery of Osterley Park', which the artist published in 1794
Provenance
Bought from Abbott and Holder picture dealers Bloomsbury, with funds donated from the Friends of Osterley
Marks and inscriptions
in ink, below
Makers and roles
William Hayes (1729-1799), artist