Nest of the Great bustard mb-code 1193394 Allan Martin

Allan Martin

Three figures torturing a debtor in Fleet Prison

The upper section shows a map of the City of London

the beau and the beggar

View with figures and a horse-drawn vehicle

Nest of the Great bustard mb-code 1193394 Allan MartinStudy of a great bustard's nest Otis tarda showing ears of grain incorporated into its construction and containing a clutch of two eggs. Plate 43 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. XLIII Pl. 43 de l'Outarde. Truppe. A. L. Wirsing excudit Norimberg.' Original: copperplate engraving. 1772