'Spotted shrike' [Slatey antshrike] Size:M: 50 x 40cm Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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'The Betrothed'

Britannia swoons on the left and a devil views the scene with glee on right

'Spotted shrike' [Slatey antshrike] Size:M: 50 x 40cm PennsylvaniaOrnithological study of the Slaty antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus native to South America. Side view, posed on a tree branch. Plate 17 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder 1814.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.