Details of exhibit
- Exhibition:
- 1906 Fifty-first Annual Exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain
- Exhibit title:
- [Kite] (Memoria in acterna)
- Exhibitor:
- Oliver G. Pike
- Section:
- Scientific and Technical Photography and its Application to Processes of Reproduction
- Group Title:
- Bird Studies
- Exhibit No.:
- 285
- Description:
- Three hundred years age the Kite was common in this country, many birds even frequented the London streets and acted as scavengers. Owing to civilization, game-keeping, and in later years to the ravages of the egg collector, only four pairs are now known to remain, and as the Kite is a resident species, when these few birds die, the last will have been seen of one of the largest and most magnificent birds of prey which has inhabited these islands. The photographs which are from life, represent one of the last survivors in characteristic attitudes on a rock in the heart of wild Wales. When the Kite is at rest it often sits in a crouching attitude, with the wings slightly raised at the shoulders, ready to dart up at the slightest sign of alarm. This habit is clearly shown in photographs Nos. 2 and 3. In No. 1 the bird is alighting and in No. 4 it is preparing to fly.
- Exhibit type:
- Photograph
- Process:
- [Not Listed] ()
- Award:
- none
- Prices:
- Original Framed 30/-
