Pair of Montague's Harriers
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Pair of Montague's Harriers is a photographic by Zoological Photographic Club, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photo shows two birds sitting in tall, dry grass. One bird is mostly light-colored with a pale face, while the other is darker with a striped chest. The grass around them looks wild and tangled, filling the whole background. The photo was made by a group called the Zoological Photographic Club. They focused on capturing animals in their natural settings. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A mounted photograph titled *Pair of Montague's Harriers* by the Zoological Photographic Club depicts two birds in a display setting. The image is part of an album with museum numbers ranging from 3250:1-2023 to 3250:39-2023.
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The Zoological Photographic Club took crisp, close-up photos of animals in the late 1800s, long before smartphones.
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