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The Farnley Hall Bird Book

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1815–1816

17 mounts with 20 bird drawings for the book on ornithology by his friend Walter Fawkes of Farnley Hall, near Otley in Yorkshire, where Turner was a frequent visitor. Originally part of an identification kit with feathers, the drawings were remounted separately in an album in 1850.

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Title of artwork, date

The Farnley Hall Bird Book, 1815–1816

Date supported

1985

Medium and material

Watercolour

Grant

27000

Total cost

223000

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