Samuel Dixon (c.1755) II, "The Peacock Pheasant " III, "Green and Red Indian Paroquet " IV,...

The Green Indian Fly Catcher: Covered in a layer of surface dirt. The background has been filled in with white gouache - presumably to disguise the discoloured to the paper. The paint is finely cracking and has sustained some minor losses above the beak of the brown bird, the tip of his head, his neck, back and wings. There are other isolated and sporadic minor flaking down each of the branches at the root of the patch of leaves on the right hand side and less so within the plumage of the red and brown smaller bird. The colour depth is generally good. There is some cockling to the paper. The Green and Red Indian Paroquet Covered in a layer of surface dirt. The background has been filled in with white gouache - presumably to disguise the discoloured to the paper. The work is in comparable condition to the former with some minor cracking and flaking to the paint of the main body of the bird down through the branch and leaves on which the red and green paroquet sits and less so through the other. There are also losses to the left of the green and red paroquet in a vertical line no more than 1.5 cm in length. There are two raised dots of gouache in the background above the red and green paroquet possibly to conceal worm holes? The colour depth is mostly good. The untitled bird specimen. Covered in a layer of surface dirt. The background has been filled in with white gouache - presumably to disguise the discoloured to the paper. There is light cockling evident on the right hand side in the background. There is a very minor crease to the paper above the head plumage of the bird and also around the afore mentioned cockling. The colour depth is generally good. The Monk B Covered in a layer of surface dirt. The background has been filled in with white gouache - presumably to disguise the discoloured to the paper. In a comparable condition to the first two examples with slightly fewer minor losses. There are two light visible slightly raised circular areas to the right of

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