Guinea Fowl Greetings Card | Packs of 10/20/50
A high quality greetings card printed on Mohawk fine art paper of a Guinea Fowl pecking at the ground. Painted by wildlife painter Charles Collins (c.1680 – 1744).
Guinea Fowl Card On Museum-Quality Cardstock
Our bring Guinea Fowl greetings card the Guinea Fowl to life on the cover of every card, with vivid, richly detailed artwork suited to any occasion, whether that's a birthday, Christmas, a thank you, a get well soon, or simply to say hello. Each card is printed on premium 324gsm Mohawk cardstock using giclée printing, which reproduces the fine detail, natural colouring and texture of the Guinea Fowl's plumage and features with exceptional clarity.
This museum-quality, acid-free card is designed to last. The risk of fading is drastically reduced compared with most greetings cards, making it a keepsake worth keeping rather than discarding after the occasion has passed.
These versatile 6in x 4in (152mm x 102mm) cards have a blank interior, so you can personalise your message for any event throughout the year. Every Guinea Fowl greetings card comes with a brown craft envelope, adding a rustic charm and a more environmentally friendly alternative to standard white envelopes.
Available in packs of 10, 20 or 50 to suit your needs.
*Please note that the lower-resolution images shown on our website are for illustrative purposes only. The Guinea Fowl Greetings Cards themselves are produced using high-resolution imagery for a crisp, clear finish.
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Guinea Fowl Card Dimensions & Properties
- Size: 6in x 4in (152mm x 102mm).
- Card: 324gsm Mohawk fine art card stock featuring a design on the front cover.
- Interior: Blank, so you can personalise and send the card for any occasion.
- Envelopes: Brown craft envelopes.
- Quantity: Available in packs of 10, 20 or 50 greetings cards.
The Taylor White Collection's 18th Century Watercolour Painting of the Guinea Fowl
Our Guinea Fowl comes from the original collection of Taylor White F.R.S. (1701-1772). In the mid-18th Century, White commissioned the celebrated wildlife painter Charles Collins (c.1680 - 1744) to paint a number of specimens for his collection. The watercolour of the Guinea Fowl was among the works Collins produced for White.
The original Guinea Fowl watercolour is finely painted, with remarkable detail, allowing the plumage and features of the Guinea Fowl to be seen in stunning clarity. This depth of colour and detail has been captured brilliantly through the digitisation process and is replicated here for your home or office decor, or as a thoughtful gift.
Taylor White, a barrister by profession and later Puisne Judge for Chester, was a keen naturalist and Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1725. Over nearly forty years from the 1730s until his death in 1772, he commissioned 938 watercolours of birds, mammals, fish and reptiles, including the Guinea Fowl, now held at McGill University and painted almost entirely by two artists, Charles Collins and Peter Paillou. White was a founding governor of The Foundling Hospital in London and served as its treasurer for the last twenty-five years of his life. His well-connected social and scientific circle gave his artists exceptional access to specimens: his second wife, Frances Armstrong, was the daughter of General John Armstrong, Governor of the Tower of London and Chief Royal Engineer, and White's artists painted the lions, wolves and other animals of the Royal Menagerie there. He also borrowed specimens from the British Museum, and received rare and exotic birds from friends, including the naturalist Joseph Banks, who sailed to Newfoundland in 1766, and William Harrison, who brought back specimens from voyages testing his father's marine chronometer.
About The Guinea Fowl
Charles Collins painted this Guinea Fowl in August 1743, one of the 18th Century watercolours held in the Taylor White Collection. Numida meleagris is an unmistakable bird: dense grey plumage flecked with white, a small bare head crowned by a bony casque, and the heavy bill and legs of a species that spends its life on the ground. Native to sub-Saharan Africa and carried worldwide through domestication, Guinea Fowl are sociable birds, moving in flocks known as a “confusion” and keeping contact through a loud, carrying call. Collins renders the speckled plumage with real patience, describing each mark rather than suggesting it, and gives the bird the stance and weight of a living animal.
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