Fed by Birds

I am related to this 18th-century wood engraver and naturalist, although exactly how I cannot say. He had some familiar preoccupations:

Birds, stags and monkey cooks - some of my favourite things. And a puffin, which I am keen on, having seen some floating about off Skye recently. They are unexpectedly tiny in real life.

I was glad to discover that there is a statue to my illustrious ancestor in Newcastle:

although its setting is a little surprising: