Natural history of eighteen nondescrpt. moths with descriptions. Collected - engraved and faithfull...
Natural history of eighteen nondescrpt. moths with descriptions. Collected - engraved and faithfull...
Natural history of eighteen nondescrpt. moths with descriptions. Collected - engraved and faithfully coloured after nature by John William Lewin, New South Wales Parramatta, 1804
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1803-1804
Call Numbers
SAFE/PX*D 258
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
18 prints - 20.6 x 15.7 cm. - hand-coloured etchings
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Series
Arrangement
The contents list has retained the page numbers allocated in the album.
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1-2. Dappled Grey
3. Pl.1 [i.e. Plate] Cryptoplava irrorata Lew:
5. Mimosa Ruby [text on the larva]
7. Pl.2 Cryptophasa Rebescens Lew
9. Ruby
11. [Plate 3] Cryptophasa Septosfermi Pultenae Lewin
13. Banksia
15. [Plate 4] Cryptophasa alba-costa Lewin
17. Striped Banksia
19. [Plate 5] Cryptophasa Strigata
21-22. The Oak...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Natural history of eighteen nondescrpt. moths with descriptions. Collected - engraved and faithfully coloured after nature by John William Lewin, New South Wales Parramatta, 1804
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 937143...
Signature / Inscriptions
Handwritten titles in pencil on prints above border.
In ink along lower edge of image appears artist and publication details,"Publish.'d as the Act directs ... [date] by J.W. Lewin, N.S.W."
The illustrations are dated between 1803 and 1804.
"W.S. Macleay" signature appears on front and back endpapers.
The front endpaper bears the stamp...
Contextual Information
Source
Deposited by the Linnean Society of New South Wales on permanent loan in 1970. Subsequently presented to the Mitchell Library in 1993.
Exhibited in
- Lewin: Wild Art
State Library of New South Wales (5 March - 28 October, 2012)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/PX*D 258
Record Identifier
1xqZJJAY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqZJJAY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
442926
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