Ventolin inhaler and rotacaps : red-legged partridge.

A sanguine francolin bird (Ithaginis corientes). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.

Various wild birds: partridge, pheasant, bustard, jay, woodpecker, magpie, snipe, sparrow, kingfisher, lapwing and woodcock. Etching by F. Place after F. Barlow.

Hunting: a man stalking partridges (?) (top), a trap for catching ground-feeding birds. Engraving, c.1762 by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

Beconase (beclomethasone dipropionate BP), nasal spray : partridge.

An eagle and partridge set in a landscape. Etching, 17th century.

A francolin bird. Etching.

Three partridges. Engraving by J. Scott, ca. 1817, after S. Elmer.

A covey of partridges. Etching by J. Scott, ca. 1801, after S. Elmer.

Two partridges feeding on corn with men trapping a dog in the background. Etching.

1 print : etching ; platemark 22 x 30.3 cm

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 20.8 x 14.8 cm

Daedalus pushes his nephew Perdix off the top of a tower: as he falls, Perdix is transformed by Minerva into a partridge. Engraving by W. Walker after C. Eisen.

1 print : engraving ; image 20.8 x 32.6 cm

1 print : engraving ; sheet 11.4 x 16.1 cm

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Partridges

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Two partridges feeding on corn with men trapping a dog in the background. Etching.

Various wild birds: partridge, pheasant, bustard, jay, woodpecker, magpie, snipe, sparrow, kingfisher, lapwing and woodcock. Etching by F. Place after F. Barlow.

Daedalus pushes his nephew Perdix off the top of a tower: as he falls, Perdix is transformed by Minerva into a partridge. Engraving by W. Walker after C. Eisen.

Hunting: a man stalking partridges (?) (top), a trap for catching ground-feeding birds. Engraving, c.1762 by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

Three partridges. Engraving by J. Scott, ca. 1817, after S. Elmer.

Partridges

Images from the collections

Images referencing Partridges

Works from the collections

Two partridges feeding on corn with men trapping a dog in the background. Etching.

Various wild birds: partridge, pheasant, bustard, jay, woodpecker, magpie, snipe, sparrow, kingfisher, lapwing and woodcock. Etching by F. Place after F. Barlow.

Daedalus pushes his nephew Perdix off the top of a tower: as he falls, Perdix is transformed by Minerva into a partridge. Engraving by W. Walker after C. Eisen.

Hunting: a man stalking partridges (?) (top), a trap for catching ground-feeding birds. Engraving, c.1762 by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

Three partridges. Engraving by J. Scott, ca. 1817, after S. Elmer.

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