Vintage silver gelatin photograph by Eric J. Hosking, titled "Golden Eagle photographed in 1956 at its eyrie in the Scottish Highlands". Displayed in Hosking's "Looking at Birds" exhibition at Kodak House, London, April 1957. Exhibition press caption on verso. Golden Eagle
Vintage silver gelatin photograph by Eric J. Hosking, titled "Marsh Harrier chick at 21 days of age". Image taken with a Leica camera and 5cm F2 Summar lens at f/9 1/50th sec, using H.P.2 film. No filter. Photographer's stamp, image specs, and Focal Press paper label on verso. Marsh Harrier Chick at 21 Days of Age
Vintage silver gelatin photograph by Eric J. Hosking, titled "Male Barn-Owl with a field-vole under its talons". A flashlight photograph taken at night, in the interior of a barn using a Kodak Plate P.1200 at f/16, 1/70 sec. Photographer's stamp, image specs and Focal Press editorial markup on verso. Published in Eric J. Hosking and Cyril W. Newberry "Birds of the Night" (London: Collins, 1945), frontispiece. Male Barn-Owl
Vintage silver gelatin photograph by Eric J. Hosking, titled "Short-eared Owl (flashlight)". Taken in Norfolk, 1942, using a 1/4 playe Sanderson Field camera with an 8 1/2 Dallmeyer F/4.5 Serrac lens at F/11 and a baby flashlight bulb after dusk.P.1200 plate, no filter. Photographer's stamp, image spec notes, and Focal Press paper label on verso. Published in Eric J. Hosking and Cyril W. Newberry "Birds of the Night" (London: Collins, 1945), p. 89. Short-eared Owl (flashlight)
Vintage silver gelatin photograph by Eric J. Hosking, titled "Hoope brings a lizard to its nest in a beehive built of Cork Oak. South Spain". Displayed in Hosking's "Looking at Birds" exhibition at Kodak House, London, April 1957. Exhibition press caption on verso. Hoope brings a lizard to its nest