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The Eye. Calf of Man

Date made: August 1843

Description: "The puffin bird, greatly prized by epicures, formerly haunted the Calf in large numbers, but has now abandoned it.” (William Bennet, Sketches of the Isle of Man, 1829, M 00896)

Painting from an album of Manx watercolours by Emily M. Fane, painted when she visited the Island in August 1843.

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Measurements: overall: 29 cm x 41 cm

Materials: watercolour on paper

Object name: painting

Collection: Art Collection

ID number: 1980-0001/11a

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