Lady Amherst's pheasant
SLATER, Edwin W.
From Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Armadale, VIC, Australia
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About this Item
Watercolour and gouache on artist's paper, 200 x 330 mm (sheet), artist's monogram in the image at lower centre, date '1961' lower right; verso inscribed by the artist 'Lady Amherst Pheasant' [sic], with the date '26.VIII.'61'; a few marks at corners and top edge, not affecting image; unmounted and unframed. Edwin W. Slater was born in England in 1875 and some time prior to World War One emigrated to Australia. He settled in Melbourne, where he had a career as advertising manager for Foy & Gibson. Slater was an accomplished amateur artist in watercolour, pen and ink, and pencil, who had a penchant for ornithological subjects. From a large archive of Slater's original drawings and watercolours. 'Lady Amherst's pheasant(Chrysolophus amherstiae) is abirdof the orderGalliformesand the familyPhasianidae. The genus name is fromAncient Greekkhrusolophos, "with golden crest". The English name andamherstiaecommemoratesSarah Amherst, who was responsible for sending the first specimen of the bird toLondonin 1828 .The species is native to southwesternChinaand far northernMyanmar, but has been introduced elsewhere. Previously, a self-supporting feral population was established inEngland, the stronghold of which was in WestBedfordshire. Lady Amherst first introduced the ornamental pheasant on her estates, near the Duke of Bedford'sWoburn Abbey, where the birds were also shot for game and interbred.[3]Although the introduced British populations are believed to have been extinct since 2015, occasional sightings of the species have occurred in subsequent years; a Lady Amherst's pheasant was photographed in Staplegrove,Tauntonin May 2020, and subsequently, in early March 2021, a Lady Amherst's pheasant was spotted in a garden inScotland.' (Wiki.). Seller Inventory # 34579
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Title: Lady Amherst's pheasant
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