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Select Specimens / From Nature / of the / Birds Animals &c &c / of / New South Wales / Collected and...

Select Specimens / From Nature / of the / Birds Animals &c &c / of / New South Wales / Collected and...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eV2xdY

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

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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. / Newcastle / New South Wales / 1813

Date

1813

Call Numbers

SAFE/PXA 555

Record Identifier

92eV2xdY

Reference Code

423725

Language

Australian languages

Physical Description

Contents

Albums - 1 leather bound album (containing 29 watercolour drawings on paper plus descriptions) - 31 x 20 x 1.7 cm (drawings 24 x 26 cm. or smaller)

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Access Conditions

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Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955

Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Issue Copy

Digitised

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. / Newcastle / New South Wales / 1813

Authors, Artists and Contributors
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

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...

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

How to access this item

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