'The Chinese Quail and the Guernsey Lizard' mb-width 6492 'Dressing for an Oxford Bal

'Dressing for an Oxford Bal Masqué'

(The Plasterer)

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Belgian Grand Prix

his slimmer companion

'The Chinese Quail and the Guernsey Lizard' mb-width 6492 'Dressing for an Oxford BalStudies of a quail, probably the King Quail or Button Quail Coturnix chinensis, with a lizard from Surrey, possibly the Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis. Shown in a natural setting, the quail perched standing upon a stone. Plate 247 from chapter 37 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). The plate is inscribed: 'A Chinese Quail, and the