Griffon and Ruppell’s Vultures, African raptors plate no. 9

Description

Griffon and Ruppell’s Vulture gouache and water colour plate from African Raptors field guide by William S. Clark & Rob Davies.

This plate was painted at 3x the size of the book

So it is a large painting (45 x 68cms)

in a large white wooden frame with glass total dimensions: 71 x 93cms

Griffon Vulture is depicted against the Strait of Gibraltar at Tarifa, where they migrate from Africa to Europe and v.v. each year, with Jebel Musa (Moses Mountain) visible in the background.  Rueppell’s Vulture is shown with the mountain Ololokwe in northern Kenya shown as habitat

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Image © Rookwood Gallery, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.