Musée No:325.116 shield Willem Witsen was a Dutch

Willem Witsen was a Dutch painter and photographer associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement

the Dutch marine painter of the Hague School

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Musée No:325.116 shield Willem Witsen was a DutchIllustration of Birds on Flowers Artist: Unknown Date: 1701 1800 A spring bouquet of roses, forget me nots, clematis and narcissus tied with the blue ribbon make a picture perfect perch for this rare Great Grey Shrike. Shrikes are stunning song birds but that pretty plumage and assassin's mask hides a rather 'dastardly' (good old fashioned word !) nature believe me if you were a little woodland creature these would not be beauties you would want to