'The Man of War Bird, the Chinese Fish, &c.' Size:L: 80 x 60cm Duke of Gloucester

Duke of Gloucester

Kilburn Park

Depicted in a collar and chain

Lenny Davidson and Dave Clark

In the late 1850s

'The Man of War Bird, the Chinese Fish, &c.' Size:L: 80 x 60cm Duke of GloucesterZoological studies of the Frigate bird, possibly Fregata magnificens, the main figure represented perched on a rock by water with a Chinese carp or goldfish below and a specimen of red sea weed behind. Supplementary details of the bird's head, foot and feathers are also given. Plate 309 from chapter 99 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for the author,