Captive bird typically kept in a birdcage or aviary

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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(?).

A Muslim man holding a bird in a cage with a women holding a pipe. Gouache, 18--.

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

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

An old man, and a boy with a bird. Etching by A. Pond, ca. 1736, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

A young woman holding a dead bird. Colour drawing, 18--.

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Cage birds

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cage birds

Works from the collections

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

An old man, and a boy with a bird. Etching by A. Pond, ca. 1736, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

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

Retail price list : September 19, 1921 / Spratts Patent Limited.

A young woman holding a dead bird. Colour drawing, 18--.