'The Ring Parrakeet, and the Blue-headed Parrakeet' Size:Large: 7 x 5in held on 27 April 1749

held on 27 April 1749

Wedding ceremony of Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle

The trip was to get material for their programme 'The Reason Why'

Builders work on Islington Chapel

There is no fire in the grate

'The Ring Parrakeet, and the Blue-headed Parrakeet' Size:Large: 7 x 5in held on 27 April 1749Ornithological study of two parakeets, possibly the male and female Rose ringed parakeet Psittacula kramerius shown perched on low lying tree branches. Plate 292 from chapter 82 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for the author, 1760). The plate is inscribed: 'The Ring Parrokeet, and the Blue headed Parrokeet, boath from the East Indies. Drawn from Life by