The 'red bird', the 'hiccory tree' and the 'pignut' Size:L: 80 x 60cm in Forest Gate

in Forest Gate

Half-length portrait of Huxham in a dark coat with a white cravat and lace cuffs

Njal's wife

representing Ireland

chairman Will Cuff

The 'red bird', the 'hiccory tree' and the 'pignut' Size:L: 80 x 60cm in Forest Gate'Coccothraustes rubra', the red bird, 'Nux juglans alba virginiensis', the hiccory tree, and 'Nux juglans carolinensis fructu minimo putamine levi', the pignut (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Cardinalis cardinalis, the northern cardinal; Carya tomentosa, the mockernut hickory; Carya glabra, the pignut hickory). Plate 38 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby (London, 1731).