Two specimens of the Bird-of-Paradise Finish:Single The German Eagle sits mournfully

The German Eagle sits mournfully on a rock high above the sinking sun

'A Son Gelder'

On the opposite side of the room his son sits taking snuff and looking with vanity into an adjacent mirror

dogs run back and forth

seated wearing spectacles and holding an open bok in his right hand

Two specimens of the Bird-of-Paradise Finish:Single The German Eagle sits mournfullyOrnithological studies of two dried specimens of the Bird of paradise. Figures 1 2 [left and right] 'The Bird of Paradise in two Views; taken from the Royal Society.' Figure 3 'A Bird of Paradise from Amboina; drawn from Dr. Ruysch's cabinet at Amsterdam.' [Ambon in the Moluka Islands, Indonesia]. Plate 12 from the book A philosophical account of the works of nature, by Richard Bradley (London, 1721). Inscribed 'Plate XII. T. Cole sculp.' Richard