Framed color lithograph after an original illustration by Edward Lear, depicting a male and female common pheasant. The plate bears the printed credit E. Lear. del. at the lower right and is titled COMMON PHEASANT. Phasianus Colchicus; (Linn.) in centered text below the image. A printed provenance mark in the lower right margin reads BILTMORE HOUSE LIBRARY ASHEVILLE, N.C.