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| Description | Eleven b/w photos of Marian Ray's art work for the Aviary at London Zoo. These are realisitic paintings of the birds in the Aviary, with the name of the bird written underneath. The painting are done on tiles (examples of which we have in the collection - RAY/3/5)
1. Outside of an aviary showing the tiles in place and a sign above 'No.9 Great Aviary'. This photo is available digitally. There may be copyright restrictions. Contact the archive for further information.
2. Close-up of 3 bird tiles.
3. Close-up of 6 bird tiles. Dated May 6th 1947.
4. Close-up of 7 bird tiles.
5. Corner of an aviary with the tiles attached to the wall.
6. Close-up of photo 5.
7. Close-up of 4 bird tiles. Dated May 28th 1946.
8. Close-up of photo 7.
9. Large information tile on Weaver-birds, alongside 2 smaller tiles. On the reverse it says 'Labels for London Zoo'.
10. Large information tile on the Brush Turkey. Dated Jan 6th 1948.
11. Close-up of photo 10.
Four b/w photos of display boards created by Marian Ray. The display boards feature illustrations, explanations and photographs of children learning. Each board has a title. There is someone (probably Marian Ray) standing behind the boards holding them but the photo cuts off her head.
12. 'Children at the British Museum (Natural History). On the reverse it says 'The exhibit'. Dated July 13th July 1950.
13. 'In the Children's Centre'. Dated July 13th 1950.
14. 'In the Children's Centre' Dated July 15th 1950.
15. 'In the Junior Naturalist's Club', July 15th 1950.
16. B/w photo of Marian Ray standing. She is wearing a coat and a hate and holding a pad of paper and a pencil, drawing. She is standing beside a large aviary cage. This photo is available digitally. There may be copyright restrictions. Contact the archive for further information.
17. B/w photo of 2 artworks by Marian Ray showing the different parts of a flower, with labels attached to each part. Dated Sept 17th 1948. |