99. Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes

  • Latin name : Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Inventory number : Série 29 Feuillet 31 Dessin 1
  • Dates : Before February 1806
  • Full size : H. 14,1cm ; l. 17,4cm
  • Physical description : Pastel, graphite, on wove paper
  •  Inscriptions s : Le Gros bec. Buffon (ink, at lower center)
  • Link to Harvard University collections :
    identical  duplicate
  •  : Le Gros Bec du France. Nantes, France, , 1808

Side view of bird in a living pose on a sketched graphite branch.