Red-Billed Tropicbird Greetings Card | Packs of 10/20/50
A high quality greetings card printed on Mohawk fine art paper of a Red-Billed Tropicbird flying over the sea. Painted by wildlife painter Charles Collins (c.1680 – 1744).
Red-Billed Tropicbird Card On Museum-Quality Cardstock
Our Red-Billed Tropicbird greetings card the Red-Billed Tropicbird 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 Red-Billed Tropicbird's features with exceptional clarity and vibrance.
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 Red-Billed Tropicbird 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.
* The Red-Billed Tropicbird is printed on premium 324gsm Mohawk fine art cardstock using high-definition archival inks for a museum-quality, crisp finish.
Discover the full range of Red-Billed Tropicbird greetings cards and bring a piece of fine art into everyday correspondence.
Red-Billed Tropicbird 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 Red-Billed Tropicbird
Our Red-Billed Tropicbird 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 Red-Billed Tropicbird was among the works Collins produced for White.
The original Red-Billed Tropicbird watercolour is finely painted, with remarkable detail, allowing the plumage and features of the Red-Billed Tropicbird 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 Red-Billed Tropicbird, 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 Red-Billed Tropicbird
An 18th Century watercolour by Charles Collins, from the Taylor White Collection of natural history studies now held by McGill University Library.
The Red-Billed Tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus, is a seabird of tropical oceans worldwide, recognised by its coral-red bill, finely barred white plumage and long central tail streamers. It spends almost its entire life at sea, feeding on fish and squid taken by plunge-diving, and comes ashore only to breed on cliff ledges and in rock crevices. A single egg is laid, both parents share the rearing, and the young take around three months to reach independence. Courtship takes place in the air, in circling displays during which the birds can briefly fly backwards.
Collins worked from preserved specimens brought back from tropical voyages, at a period when careful painting was the only way to record a species for those who would never encounter one.
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