About the Author

Christine E. Jackson worked as a qualified librarian (A.L.A.) before retiring and writing on bird art. She breaks new ground with each title - pioneering studies first of bird illustration, then bird art, and also Fish in Art - and the biography of Yarrell is no exception. She is an occasional consultant to both auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's, London. She has authored 16 books on biographies of naturalists and the history of bird illustration, as well as numerous articles. She transcribed or abstracted all of Yarrell's correspondence as the basis for this first study of his life and work.