Nests of the Nuthatch and the Jackdaw Size:XL: 90 x 60cm From 1970 to 1973

From 1970 to 1973

Vincenzo Viviani was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1696

A signet ring with an inset stone is visible on the little finger

Here his pictured in flight over the Wiltshire hills near Alton Barnes

View of the Angel Inn and shops on Farringdon Street

Nests of the Nuthatch and the Jackdaw Size:XL: 90 x 60cm From 1970 to 1973Two studies of birds' nests. Figure 1, the nest of the nuthatch Sitta europaea containing a clutch of five eggs. Figure 2 the nest of the jackdaw Corvus monedula containing a clutch of two eggs. Plate 11 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. XI. Der kleine krumschnaeblichte graue Baum Kleber. Fig. 1 du Grimperau. Dohle. Fig. 2