• Title
  Scarlet robin, by Neville Cayley
• Creator
  Neville Cayley, 1853-1903
• Call number
  SV/364
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  possibly 1890
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  9649419
• Physical Description
  1 watercolour - on paper - 27.5 x 21.6 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Neville Henry Peniston Cayley (1854-1903) was an English-born ornithological artist who specialised in painting Australian game-birds. Cayley lived mainly in New South Wales. He exhibited widely in Australia and internationally.
  Reference
  Design & Art Australia Online. https://www.daao.org.au/, (accessed 23 June 2021)
  
  The Scarlet robin (or Petroica boodang) is a small Australian robin that reaches 13 cm in length. As of 2017, the species was considered to be 'vulnerable' by the NSW Office of Heritage & Environment.
  Reference
  NSW Office of Heritage & Environment. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/, (accessed 23 June 2021)
• Scope and Content
  Watercolour drawing of a Scarlet robin perched on a branch.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Untitled. Titled by cataloguer using vendor information and online identification using the NSW Office of Heritage & Environment's threatened species webpage.
  Reference
  NSW Office of Heritage & Environment. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/, (accessed 23 June 2021)
• Variant title
  
  Title assigned by vendor: Australasian robin.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed lower right 'Neville Cayley'
• Date note
  
  Undated. Date based on vendor information and similar dated Cayley paintings.
• Subject
  Birds--Australia--Pictorial works.
  Australian robins--Pictorial works.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20795392

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