Rare spotting: 18th century picture of a great bustard makes an appearance at Bonhams

A depiction of a great bustard by the ornithological illustrator William Hayes captures the twilight years of a bird driven to extinction in Britain

A picture by William Hayes (1729-1799) depicting a bird that became extinct in Britain in the 19th c…

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