Lanius collaris - Collared Shrike - Female & Young

Watercolour laid on board 30.8 x 25.2 cm. (12 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.)

Paper label to reverse with description. Gallery Labe: Graves Gallery, 44 Cherry Street, Birmingham. “19th Century Watercolour c.1820”

Jardine was born on 23 February 1800 at 28 North Hanover Street in Edinburgh, the son of Sir Alexander Jardine, 6th baronet of Applegarth and his wife, Jane Maule. He was educated in both York and Edinburgh then studied medicine at Edinburgh University.

The first of Jardine’s publications was Illustrations of Ornithology, issued jointly with P. J. Selby in 1827–1835. He was a fellow of the Linnean Society and the royal societies of London and Edinburgh, as well as a member of several natural history societies He was awarded the degree of LLD by Edinburgh University in 1862 and was elected an honorary member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1826