Select specimens from nature of the birds animals &c &c of New South Wales / collected and arranged...
Select specimens from nature of the birds animals &c &c of New South Wales / collected and arranged...
Select specimens from nature of the birds animals &c &c of New South Wales / collected and arranged by Thomas Skottowe Esqr. ; the drawings by T.R. Browne. N.S.W.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1813
Call Numbers
SAFE/PXA 555
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Language
Australian languages
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 album (containing 29 watercolour drawings on paper plus descriptions) - 31 x 20 x 1.7 cm (drawings 24 x 26 cm. or smaller) - leather
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Publication information
Publisher's series notes
Newcastle, New South Wales, 1813.
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Frontispiece. Natives of New South Wales
[Title page with vignette of Aboriginal family group at camp]
1-2. The Emue [i.e. emu]
3-4. Mamura Superba [lyrebird]
5. The Swamp Pheasant
6. [wanting]
7-8. Nankeen Bird [rufous night heron]
9-10. The Black Swan
11-12. Star Wing [dollar bird]
13-14. Black & White Cockatoo [sulphu...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Select specimens from nature of the birds animals &c &c of New South Wales / collected and arranged by Thomas Skottowe Esqr. ; the drawings by T.R. Browne. N.S.W.
Variant title
Title was formerly formatted as: Select Specimens / From Nature / of the / Birds Animals &c &c / of / New South Wales / Collected and Arranged / by / Thomas Skottowe Esqr. / The Drawings By T.R. Browne. N.S.W. / Newcastle / New South Wales / 1813
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 824099...
Signature / Inscriptions
Handwritten at top of title page, "Presented by / A. Cahill / To his Son Frank Cahill / Augt. 3d 1852"
Titles and descriptions of drawings are on previous page
Paper is watermarked, "Phipps & Son / 1810"
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Exhibited in
- Wunderkammer
- Curious Colony: a twenty first century Wunderkammer
- Treasures of Newcastle from the Macquarie Era
- Living Language: Country, Culture, Community
Newcastle Region Art Gallery
S.H. Ervin Gallery (January 2011 - February 2011)
Newcastle Region Art Gallery (February, 2013 - May, 2013)
State Library of New South Wales (July 2019 - November 2019). Applies to: Item 33-34
Administrative / Biographical history
Thomas Skottowe of the 73 (Highland) Regiment of Foot was Commandant of the Newcastle penal settlement from 1811 to 1814. While in Newcastle, Skottowe organised the collection and drawing of specimens for this manuscript. He was also was responsible for their arrangement and wrote the accompanying text. Reference : The Skottowe manuscript : Thomas...
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/PXA 555
Record Identifier
92eV2xdY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eV2xdY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
423725
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