'The Grey Water-wagtail, and the Water-Lizard' Size:XL: 120 x 100cm A figure stands at table

A figure stands at table and writes on a piece of parchment with a brush

Inscribed below: 'Nath

in the possession of The Rev

View with the king's mausoleum in the centre

The Sans Pareil Theatre

'The Grey Water-wagtail, and the Water-Lizard' Size:XL: 120 x 100cm A figure stands at tableStudy of the Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea in the act of catching an insect. The bird is posed on a rock surrounded by water and with plants. A newt swims in the water below. Plate 259 from chapter 49 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). Original: etching. 1757