Nest of the Golden oriole Burton with Mansion House in the

with Mansion House in the foreground to the left and St Paul's Cathedral in the middle distance

18 December

London Published October 20th 1815 for the Proprietors by C

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Nest of the Golden oriole Burton with Mansion House in theStudy of a golden oriole's nest Oriolus oriolus showing its location in the fork of an oak tree branch and containing a clutch of five eggs. Plate 47 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. XLVII Pl. 47 du Loriot. Kirschvogel. A. L. Wirsing excudit Norimberg.' Original: copperplate engraving. 1772