Great Kingfisher painting by Peter Paillou, Peter Paillou, between 1740 and 1750
Painting "great kingfisher" by peter paillou (the elder), (c. 1720 – c. 1790). Colour plate in a natural history of birds by george edwards, 1740-50. Perhaps halcyon smyrnensis, the white-breasted kingfisher. Date: between 1740 and 1750.