Volume 03: New South Wales drawings ('The Lambert Drawings'), 49 watercolours

TAL & Dai-ichi Life Derby collection of natural history watercolours, 1790s / compiled by Aylmer Bourke Lambert ; acquired by the 13th Earl of Derby

The watercolours are listed in numerical order as they appear and are numbered in the Lambert albums. The first number in brackets refers to the old Watling drawing number, the second number in brackets refer to the post-1984 Watling mount number. Titles of the majority of the subjects are taken as follows: from the current titles given to the matching Watling Collection subjects in the Natural History Museum, London (First Fleet Artwork Collection); where there is no matching work they are titled according to Latham’s pencilled Latin identifications on the watercolours. 


Volume 3 (containing 49 watercolours, comprising):
1 New Holland Snipe (Watling 313/241)
watercolour on paper

2 White-bellied Bittern (Watling 307/235)
watercolour on paper
	
3 Fair Falcon (Watling 108/15)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

4 New Holland Manakin (Watling 288/213)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’, this sheet has been bound upside down

5 Chaste Warbler (Watling 275/200)	
watercolour on paper

6 Orange-winged Nuthatch (Watling 162/81)
watercolour on paper

7 Black and White Goose (Watling 352/284)	
watercolour on paper

8 White Albatross (Watling 337/269)	
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

9 Fuliginous Petrel (Watling 349/281 but here incorrectly referenced `W282.’)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

10 Fuliginous or Norfolk Island Petrel, or Mutton Bird (Watling 350/282 but here incorrectly referenced ‘W281.’)
watercolour on paper

11 High-legged Plover (Watling 318/246)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

12 Little Bittern (Watling 308/236)
watercolour on paper 

13 Norfolk Island Petrel, or Mutton Bird (Watling 348/280)
watercolour on paper

14 Pied Flycatcher (Watling 267/190)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

15 New-Holland Crane (Watling 303/230)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

16 Brown Plover (Watling 324/253)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

17 Common Curlew (Watling 311/239)
watercolour on paper 

18 White-headed Finch (Watling 244/165)
watercolour on paper

19 New-Holland Crimson-billed Gull (Watling 345/277)
watercolour on paper 

20 Erect Shrike (Watling 119/29)
watercolour on paper

21 Bittern (Watling 306/234)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 J Whatman’

22 Glossy Cuckoo (Watling 158/76)
watercolour on paper

23 Hook billed Shrike (Watling 116/26)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 J Whatman’

24 Radiated Falcon (Watling 104/11)
watercolour on paper

25 Noisy Roller (Watling 148/65)
watercolour on paper

26 Brown-eared Sandpiper (Watling 316/244)
watercolour on paper

27 Crescent Plover (Watling 320/249)
watercolour on paper

28 White-tailed Warbler (Watling 276/201)
watercolour on paper

29 Red-bellied Flycatcher (Watling 250/172)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J ‘Whatman’

30 Rose-breasted Flycatcher (Watling 260/183)
watercolour on paper

31 Caledonian Heron (Watling 305/232) 
watercolour on paper

32 Clouded Shrike (Watling 117/27)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

33 Grey-headed Thrush (Watling 236/157)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

34 Ciliary Warbler (Watling 284/209) 
watercolour on paper

35 Grey Flycatcher (Watling 259/182)
watercolour on paper

36 Red-bellied Flycatcher (Watling 248/170) 
watercolour on paper

37 New-Holland Tern (Watling 342/274)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

38 Orange-rumped Flycatcher (Watling 264/187) 
watercolour on paper watermarked `1794 / J Whatman’

39 Grisled Plover (Watling 317/245)
watercolour on paper

40 Caerulean Manakin (Watling 289/214)
watercolour on paper watermarked `1794 / J Whatman’

41 Bridled Plover (Watling 323/252)
watercolour on paper

42 Crimson-breasted Warbler (Watling 281/206 but here incorrectly referenced `W.207')
watercolour on paper

43 Scarlet-breasted Flycatcher (Watling 266/189)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

44 Black-eared Bee-eater (Watling 170/91)
watercolour on paper

45 [1] Unidentified (Watling 238/159) and [2] Flycatcher (Watling213/135) watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

46 Variable Warbler (Watling 234/155)
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

47 “Turdus punctatus”
watercolour on paper

48 Pale Pigeon (Watling 300/226)
watercolour on paper

49 ‘Procellaria cinerea”
watercolour on paper watermarked ‘1794 / J Whatman’

Volume 03: New South Wales drawings ('The Lambert Drawings'), 49 watercolours

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