The 'red bird', the 'hiccory tree' and the 'pignut' Size:L: 80 x 60cm 'England's Intervention

'England's Intervention

Head and shoulders studio portrait

in Forest Gate

Half-length portrait of Huxham in a dark coat with a white cravat and lace cuffs

The accompanying text states that: 'The form of the capsules may be understood from the figure

The 'red bird', the 'hiccory tree' and the 'pignut' Size:L: 80 x 60cm 'England's Intervention'Coccothraustes rubra', the red bird, 'Nux juglans alba virginiensis', the hiccory tree, and 'Nux juglans carolinensis fructu minimo putamine levi', the pignut (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Cardinalis cardinalis, the northern cardinal; Carya tomentosa, the mockernut hickory; Carya glabra, the pignut hickory). Plate 38 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby (London, 1731).