81. Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaea


  • Latin name : Sitta europaea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Inventory number : Série 30 Feuillet 17 Dessin 1
  • Dates : Before February 1806
  • Full size : H. 16,3cm ; l. 14,5cm
  • Physical description : Pastel, graphite, on wove paper
  •  Signature : .J J A (graphite ?, at the bottom of the trunk)
  •  Inscriptions : La Sitelle ou le torche pot (graphite, at lower center)

  • Link to Harvard University collections :
    identical  duplicate
  •  : La sitelle ou la torche pot. The nut robber. Near Nantes, , 1805 Jul. 9

Side view of bird in a living pose on a trunk, two insects near the beak.