Land-Rail or Corn Crake
Henry Constantine Richter 1821 - 1902
Summary
Two adult Land Rails, one fully visible, the other only partly visible, looking to the left and standing to the right of a flock of eight young chicks in a bed of tall green grass. Reaching from the right into the centre are several stems of delicate white flowers and to the left above the flock of chicks is a blue dragonfly.
Object Name
Land-Rail or Corn Crake
Creators Name
Date Created
1863
Dimensions
print: 30cm x 47cm
paper: 37.3cm x 55.5cm
accession number
1918.590
Collection Group
Place of creation
Europe
Support
paper
Medium
ink
watercolour
Credit
Transferred from the Horsfall Museum Collection, 1918
