Watercolor of Great Egret
c. 1900
Great Egret detail
detail: signature
detail
H. K. McVickar
Great Egret with Breeding Plumage
American or English: c. 1900
Watercolor
18 x 14 inches, overall
$550
Natural history painting of what is probably a great egret with breeding plumage, standing on a tidal flat beside a cluster of vegetation. The egret has mostly white feathers, black legs and feet, and the characteristic features of breeding plumage of the great egret: orange bill, light blue patch between the eye and the bill, and wispy ornamental feathers on its head, chest and upper parts. There is a crest of dark blue feathers on its head, with two light blue wispy feathers extending from it.

Condition: Generally fine with the usual light overall toning.

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