Picus Collection

Woodpecker Tapestry
A tapestry designed by William Morris, inspired by a story from Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses, in which a sorceress transforms King Picus into a woodpecker, having refused to become here lover

Eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Nest and eggs of the eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentrys Nests and Eggs of the Birds of the United States

Scarlet macaw, Ara macao, and great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Common kingfisher, Alcedo ispida, and northern flicker or yellowhammer, Colaptes auratus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys

Ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis (White billed woodpecker Picus principalis). Critically endangered. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus (Picus pileatus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw

Crimson-crested woodpecker, Campephilus melanoleucos (Buff-crested woodpecker, Picus melanoleucus). Based on a skin in the Leverian Museum

White-bellied woodpecker, Dryocopus javensis
White-bellied woodpecker variety, Dryocopus javensis (Crawfurds woodpecker, Picus crawfurdii). Handcoloured engraving after a specimen in Crawfurds Museum from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by

Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus (Black-bearded woodpecker, Picus melanopogon). Handcoloured engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1829

Blond-crested woodpecker, Celeus flavescens (Yellow-crested woodpecker, Picus flavescens). From a specimen in the possession of Thomas Pennant

Woodland scene with Green Woodpecker
A woodland scene with wildflowers and a Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) in flight. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Picus into Woodpecker
Picus, a Roman forest deity, rejects the offered affection of the witch Circe, so to avenge herself she changes him into a woodpecker

Lesser Yellownape, Picus chlorolophus
Number 19 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Grey-headed Woodpecker, Picus canus
Number 18 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Spot-breasted woodpecker or least woodpecker, Colaptes punctigula.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

European green woodpecker, Picus viridis, and Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology

Greater spotted woodpecker, Picus major, Dendrocopos major.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Green woodpecker, Picus viridis.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Picus miniaceus, banded woodpecker
Plate 22, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Picus viridus, green woodpecker
Plate facing page 22 from John and Elizabeth Goulds M.S. Notes for Birds of Europe Insessores, Vol. 2 (1832-37)

Picus xanthopygaeus, Picus squamatus
Plate 35, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Picus viridis, green woodpecker
Pencil and monochrome wash by Frederick William Frohawk sketched from life as seen through a telescope, (c. 1920)

Picuss Widow Grieves
When her husband Picus is turned into a magpie by Circe, his widow Canenta has nothing to live for : she is (literally) consumed by grief, haunting his deathplace

Picus into a Magpie
The witch Circe falls enamoured of Picus, son of Saturn; but when he doesn t reciprocate her affections, she transforms him into a magpie (pica)

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