animals - the pet bird

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18th Century Material Culture

The Pet Bird


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Pet Birds


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Mthilde de Canisyby Jean - Marc Nattier, Portraitist for the Family of King Louis XV 1738

(Jacquemart - Andre Museum - Institut de France)


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“Thrice happy Bird...”by Thomas Burford, After Alexis Grimou 1740

(The British Museum)


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John Gerry of Massachusettsby Joseph Badger 1745

(Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)


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Sir Edward Walpole's Children

by Stephen Slaughter 1747(The Minneapolis Institute of Arts)


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John Creswell of Northumberland Holding a Yellow Bird

English School Mid 18th Century(NorthEast Auctions)


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A Young Lady Holding a Bird

by Phillipe Mercier c. 1750 - 1755(Government Art Collection - English Embassy, Seoul, South Korea)


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A Young Lady Holding a Bird

by Phillipe Mercier Mid 18th Century(Dumfries Museum)


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A Young Man Holding a Bird

Mid 18th Century(Comer & Co.)


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Le Repos

by Jean - François Colson, Dijon 1759(Musée des Beaux-Arts)


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Miss Jane Monck

by Joseph Wright of Derby c. 1760(Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle)


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Marie-Louise de Bourbon (1745 - 1792) with Her Pet Bird

by Tiepolo Lorenzo c. 1763(Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais)


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A Young Girl with a Dove

by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797)(Fergus Hall Master Paintings)


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Elizabeth Ross (Mrs. William Tyng)

by John Singleton Copley 1766(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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Young French Girl Holding a Parrot

by Antoine Raspal (1738 - 1811)(Blouin Art Auctions)


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Thomas Aston Co ! n with Battledore and Shuttlecockby John Singleton Copley c. 1766

(National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa)


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Mary Boylston (Mrs. Benjamin Hallowell)

by John Singleton Copley c. 1766 - 1767 (Detroit Institute of Arts)


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“LE PETIT”

by Pieter Willem van Megen, After Pierre Alexandre Wile c. 1768 - 1785(The British Museum)


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“The Happy Consultation, or Modern Match.”

by James Roberts, Published by Robert Sayer 1769(The British Museum)


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A Cild with a Bird on a String

by James Peale c. 1770 - 1775(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)


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Francis Graham

by Tiley Kettle c. 1774(Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries)


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A Girl in a Green Dress Holding a Red Parrot

Mid - Late 18th Century(York Museums Trust)


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Molly Wales Forbes

by Rufus Hathaway c. 1790(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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Pet Owls


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“Wat baet keers o# bril, als den Wl niet sienen wil.”

by Cornelis Bloemaert, After Hendrik Bloemaert c. 1625(The British Museum)


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“The OWL FACE”London, Printed for Robt. Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street 1775

(Sanders of Oxford)


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Bird Merchants


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The Cryes of London “Buy a ne singing Bird”

by Pierce Tempest, After Marcellus Laroon II 1688(The British Museum)


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The Cryes of London “Buy a ne singing Bird”

by Pierce Tempest, After Marcellus Laroon II 1688(The British Museum)


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Trade Card for Grainger, Purveyor of Birds

London, c. 1760(The British Museum)


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Trade Card for Joshua Brooks

London 1779(The British Museum)


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WickerBird Cages


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“DUTCH CAROUSAL.”

by Robert Sayer, After David Teniers the Younger c. 1760 - 1799(The British Museum)


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“DUTCH CAROUSAL.”

by Robert Sayer, After David Teniers the Younger c. 1760 - 1799(The British Museum)


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“SECUR’D FROM FLIGHT”

by Robert Sayer, After Abraham Bloemaert c. 1765 - 1775(The British Museum)


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A Girl Bundling Asparagus

by John Atkinson 1771(Yale Center for British Art)


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“COBLER’S HALL”by Carington Bowles 1775(Lewis Walpole Library)


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“COBLER’S HALL”by Carington Bowles 1775(Lewis Walpole Library)


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“TIGHT LACING or the COBLER’S WIFE in the FASHION”by William Hitchcock 1777(Lewis Walpole Library)

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The Rustic Lover

by Francis Wheatley 1786(Yale Center for British Art)


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Box ShapedBird Cages


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Dutch Interior of a Mother Attending Her Children

by Willem van Mieris c. 1728(Private Collection)


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A French Girl Feeding a Bird

by Jean Raoux Montpelier (1677 - 1734 Paris)(Christie’s)


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A Young Lady with a Birdcage, and a Boy with a Bird Nest

by Antoine Pesne (Paris 1683 - 1757 Berlin)(Christie’s)


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Madame Baudouin

by François Boucher (1703 - 1770)(Musee Cognacq-Jay - Paris)


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The Bird Catchers

by François Boucher 1748(J. Paul Getty Museum)


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The Bird Catchers



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The Bird Catchers



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The Bird Catchers



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Study

by François Boucher(Private Collection)


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A Lady Leaning on a Birdcage

by François Boucher (1703 - 1770)(Christie’s)


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“L’Oiseau Chéri.”Gravure de Daullé d’après un Dessin de Boucher 1758

(Private Collection)


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Alexandrine Lenormand d’Etiolles Feeding a Birdby François Boucher c. 1749

(Sotheby’s)


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A Young French Lady with a BirdMid 18th Cenyury



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Girl with a Birdcageby Jean-Frédéric Schall (1752-1825) - Late 18th Century

(Victoria & Albert)


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Arch ToppedBird Cages


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The Boy with the Bird Cageby Caspar Netscher 1665

(National Trust - The Drawing Room at Knightshayes Court)


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The Schoolmasterby William Pether c. 1760 - 1780



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“La Fleuriste” / “The Florist”by Antoine de Marcenay de Ghuy, After Gerard Dou 1764



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Dutch Tin Glazed Earthenware Tiles18th Century

(National Museum of Scotland)


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Dutch Tin Glazed Polychrome Birdcage Plaque18th Century

(Van Nie Antiquairs)


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Dutch Tin Glazed Polychrome Birdcage Plaque18th Century(Christie’s)


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Leonora & Leanderby Robert Sayer 1773(The British Museum)


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Leonora & Leanderby Robert Sayer 1773(The British Museum)


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“WINTER”by Carington Bowles 1783



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“WINTER”by Carington Bowles 1783



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“The SINGING BIRD.”by Carington Bowles 1781



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“The SINGING BIRD.”by Carington Bowles 1781



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“INDUSTRY.”by Carington Bowles c. 1780 - 1790



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Dome ToppedBird Cages


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French Lady with a Parrotby Abraham Bosse Mid 17th Century

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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Dutch Girl at a Window with a Parrotby Caspar Netscher 1666



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Dutch Girl at a Window with a Parrotby Caspar Netscher 1666(Von der Heydt Museum)


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Dutch Girl at a Window with Birdsby Pieter van der Wer # c. 1710

(Daphne Alazraki Fine Art, New York)


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Illustration to Gay’s “Fables”by Gerard van der Gucht, After John Wootton c. 1727 - 1776



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Illustration to Gay’s “Fables”by Gerard van der Gucht, After John Wootton c. 1727 - 1776



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“The Escaped Bird”by Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690 - 1743)

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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“The Escaped Bird”by Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690 - 1743)

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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A Book Illustrationby Gerard Jean Baptiste Scotin II, Published by John Knapton, After Gravelot, 1738



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A Book Illustrationby Gerard Jean Baptiste Scotin II, Published by John Knapton, After Gravelot, 1738



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The Children of Daniel Graham, Apothecary to King George IIby William Hogarth 1742(National Gallery of Art)


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“The FRENCH Bird KICK’D into a CAGE: An Emblematical PRINT.”London 1745



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Three Young Ladies with a Parrot in a Cageby Joseph Melling (1724 - 1796)

(Bonhams)


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“LE CHAT ET LES DEUX MOINEAUX. Fable CCXV.”1778



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A Lady at Her Organ with a Birdby Jean- Baptiste Simeon Chardin 1753

(The Frick Collection)


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“The Lady instructing her Favorite Bird”London, After Jean- Baptiste Simeon Chardin c. 1766



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“The Lady instructing her Favorite Bird”London, After Jean- Baptiste Simeon Chardin c. 1766



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Mrs. Ann Fairchild Bowler, Wife of Newport, Rhode Island, Merchant, Metcalf Bowlerby John Singleton Copley 1758(Colby College Museum of Art)


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Mrs. Ann Fairchild Bowler, Wife of Newport, Rhode Island, Merchant, Metcalf Bowlerby John Singleton Copley 1758(Colby College Museum of Art)


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“The FAIR LADY working TAMBOUR.”by Carington Bowles 1764



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“The FAIR LADY working TAMBOUR.”by Carington Bowles 1764



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Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria with a Caged Parrotby Anton Raphael Mengsc c. 1765



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Reverend Thomas D’Oyly & His Wife, Henrietta Mariaby Arthur Devis

(Sotheby’s)


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Reverend Thomas D’Oyly & His Wife, Henrietta Mariaby Arthur Devis

(Sotheby’s)


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“CATTULUS AND LESBIA.”by John Keyse Sherwin, Published by Thomas Watson, After Angelica Kau# man 1784



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“Happy Family...”by Thomas Berwick 1785



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A Book Illustrationby Thomas Berwick 1785



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French Birdcage18th - Early 19th Century

(Alhambra Antiques)


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American Birdcage with Rosehead NailsLate 18th - Early 19th Century

(Gould Auctions)


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MiscellaneousBird Cages


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Dutch Tin Glazed Earthenware Tiles18th Century

(Willet - Holthuysen Museum)


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Dutch Tin Glazed Polychrome Birdcage PlaqueMid 18th Century

(Sotheby’s)


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European Birdcage18th - Early 19th Century

(Kevin Stone Antiques)


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Dutch Birdcage18th - Early 19th Century

(Cooper - Hewitt / Smithsonian Institution)


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A Young Lady by a Birdcageby Jean - Baptiste Charpentier (1728 - 1806)



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MechanicalBirdcages


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Gilt Bronze & Enamel Bird Cage & Clock with Mechanical Bird that Sings 7 Tunes on the Hour & Half Hourby Pierre Jaquet Droz, Genève c. 1780

(Antiquorum)


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Gilt Bronze & Enamel Bird Cage & Clock with Mechanical Bird that Sings on the Hour & Half HourOn Display at the Syon House of England 18th Century

(Rhodes/Syon Park)


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BirdHouses


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American Lead Glazed Earthenware Bird House or Bird Bottle from Virginiaby William Rogers of Yorktown, Virginia c. 1725 - 1750

(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

Acknowledgements


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Acknowledgements

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