Musée No:325.116 shield and was the thirteenth child

and was the thirteenth child of the family

and for his brilliant etchings and lithographs

Charles Downing Lay who went on to become a well known and admired landscape architect

In 1824 he began his greatest achievement

particularly in the United States

Musée No:325.116 shield and was the thirteenth childIllustration of Birds on Flowers Artist: Unknown Date: 1701 1800 A spring bouquet of roses, forget me nots, clematis and narcissus tied with the blue ribbon make a picture perfect perch for this rare Great Grey Shrike. Shrikes are stunning song birds but that pretty plumage and assassin's mask hides a rather 'dastardly' (good old fashioned word !) nature believe me if you were a little woodland creature these would not be beauties you would want to