Photographic transparencies of watercolours of birds and insects of New South Wales, painted ca. 1792

FM1/3419-3435

fonds

1994 phototransparencies of ca. 1792 watercolours

Graphic Materials, Photographs

16283

17 transparencies - col. - 5 x 4 in.

FM1/3419
[Masked lapwing]
Original watercolour is at PXD 680/1 (Mitchell Library)

FM1/3420
[Maned or wood] Duck [&] Drake
Original watercolour is at PXD 680/2 (Mitchell Library)

FM1/3421
[Bittern]

FM1/3422
[Sooty oyster catcher]

FM1/3423
[Black swan]

FM1/3424
[Black swan]

FM1/3425
[White Gallinule] Bird of Lord Howe Island

FM1/3426
[Boobook owl]
In the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria

FM1/3427
[Grey butcher bird]

FM1/3428
[A young Mount Pitt Bird]
Original watercolour is at PXD 680/3 (Mitchell Library)

FM1/3429
[Caterpillar]

FM1/3430
[Caterpillar]

FM1/3431
[Insect]

FM1/3432
[Insect]

FM1/3433
[Butterfly]

FM1/3434
[Moth]

FM1/3435
[Moth]

Reproduction Restricted

Dated ca. 1792 by comparison with a volume of bird watercolours at ZPXD 226 Mitchell Library, which is by the same artist; f.4 is dated 1792, f.81 is dated 1791.
For complete catalogue details see PXn 882
The Library bought 3 of these drawings at Christie's Fine Paintings Sale, Melbourne, 6 December 1994, lots 65, 69 & 70. These are at PXD 680 : [Masked Lapwing] PXD 680/1; [Maned or Wood] Duck [&] Drake PXD 680/2; Mount Pitt bird [petrel] PXD 680/3.