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Cage birds

Captive bird typically kept in a birdcage or aviary

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Cage birds

9 images from works
  • A man shoots at a lark that has escaped from its cage on the street: the woman who owns it watches in horror from an upstairs window, while another man watches from the side of the house. Etching, 183-(?).
  • Retail price list : September 19, 1921 / Spratts Patent Limited.
  • Alexandra Hospital, East Clandon: a ward in which some children are in bed while others stand around a piano being played by a nurse. Photograph, 1913(?).
  • Retail price list : September 19, 1921 / Spratts Patent Limited.
  • Retail price list : September 19, 1921 / Spratts Patent Limited.
  • A Muslim man holding a bird in a cage with a women holding a pipe. Gouache, 18--.
  • Retail price list : September 19, 1921 / Spratts Patent Limited.
  • Claybury Asylum, Woodford, Essex: a dining room (?). Photograph by the London & County Photographic Co., [1893?].
  • Alexandra Hospital, East Clandon: a ward in which some children are in bed while others stand around a piano being played by a nurse. Photograph, 1913(?).

Works from the collections

9 works

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    A girl holding a pet bird and a schoolbook. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 1771, after J.E. Schenau.

    Johann Eleazar Zeissig | Date: 1771 | Reference: 676596i
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    An old man, and a boy with a bird. Etching by A. Pond, ca. 1736, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

    Guercino | Date: 1736 | Reference: 3015402i
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    The bird fancier's necessary companion and sure guide being an easy way of breeding canary birds, and the best method of chusing and keeping them, both for breeding and song. Adorned with cuts.

    Publicola | Date: MDCCLX. [1760] [1762]
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    Claybury Asylum, Woodford, Essex: a dining room (?). Photograph by the London & County Photographic Co., [1893?].

    London & County Photographic Co. | Date: [1893?] | Reference: 43463i
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    Retail price list : September 19, 1921 / Spratts Patent Limited.

    Spratt's Patent Ltd. | Date: 1921
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