Lot 687: PETER PAILLOU

PETER PAILLOU ACTIVE IN LONDON 1763 - 1806 A) A SHEARWATER; B) AN EIDER DRAKE Quantity: 2 Both watercolor with touches of gouache over black chalk; a) inscribed in brown ink, verso : ShearWater. ; b) inscribed in brown ink, verso : Eider Drake. a) 374 by 547 mm; 14 3/4 by 21 1/2 in b) 388 by 559 mm; 15 1/4 by 22 in

a) With Spink, London

Little is known of the bird painter Peter Paillou, except that he worked for the naturalists Sir Joseph Banks and Thomas Pennant.
The Iceland Falcon is also known as the Gyrfalcon. Another watercolor by Paillou of the bird was sold London, Sotheby's, 19 October 1989, lot 673. See also the following lots.