Golden-Crested Wren

John Gerrard Keulemans 1842 - 1912

Summary

Five birds sitting on branches surrounded by ivy. The crowns of the birds are striped in yellow and black. The birds are looking towards a green caterpillar at the lower left.

Display Label

Left: Blue Tit Right: Golden-Crested Wren date unknown John Gerrard Keulemans 1842-1912 Watercolour, bodycolour, gum arabic and pencil on paper In the Manchester Art Museum’s original layout, these watercolours were displayed alongside colour prints and black-and-white woodcut prints of the same birds so that visitors could compare the different techniques. Keulemans was a renowned ornithological illustrator who began his career in his native Netherlands, moving to this country in 1869. Transferred from the Horsfall Museum Collection 1918.487 and 1918.488