Nest of the Grey partridge Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Three Cranes Lane Chapel

Three Cranes Lane Chapel

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Nest of the Grey partridge Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Three Cranes Lane ChapelStudy of a partridge's nest, presumably the grey partridge Perdix perdix showing grasses incorporated into its construction and containing a clutch of eleven eggs. Plate 46 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. XLVI Pl. 46 du la Perdrix. Rephuhn. A. L. Wirsing excudit Norimberg.' Original: copperplate engraving. 1772