
May one see it?
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
This painting of a yellow bittern is one of the mass-produced pictures aimed at European visitors. Foreign flora and fauna were of great interest to British botanists in the 18th and 19th centuries, and such enthusiasm gradually filtered down to the general public. Travellers often returned to Britain with paintings depicting numerous species of birds.
Victoria and Albert Museum