Lot 220
WILLIAM HAYES, NOTE ONE SIGNED 'W HAYES 1774'
TWO BASSO RELIEVO PICTURES, 18TH CENTURY
Auction: 29 September 2004 at 12:00 BST
Description
SOLD FOR £20,000
The Crowned African Crane, signed 'W Hayes 1774;and The Numidian Crane
Dimensions
both 64cm x 38cm (2)
Footnote
Other versions of these pictures may be found in the collection of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu (signed, inscribed and dated 1787).
cf. W Hayes and family, Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their descriptions from the Menagerie of Osterly Park, vol. I (1794), plates 4 and 3 respectively. The images are both reversed.
The Numidian crane was represented (quite differently) by Edwards as the Demoiselle of Numidia. George Edwards Natural History of Uncommon Birds, vol. III (1751), no. 134. Dixon did not use any of the illustrations from vol. III of Edwards work.
The Crowned African Crane was differently represented by Edwards. George Edwards Natural History of Uncommon Birds, vol. IV (1752), no. 192.