[Watercolour and pencil drawing of two Australian parrots, being the Major Mitchell Cockatoo and Swi...
[Watercolour and pencil drawing of two Australian parrots, being the Major Mitchell Cockatoo and Swindern's Lovebird, 1835?] / attributed to Edward Lear
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Date
[1835?]
Call Numbers
SSV/152
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Physical Description
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1 drawing - 19.5 x 15.3 cm - watercolour and pencil
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Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Watercolour and pencil drawing of two Australian parrots, possibly being a preparatory sketch used in designing the frontispiece for "The Natural History of Parrots" (1836) by Selby and Jardine. The drawing depicts a Major Mitchell Cockatoo and Swinden's Lovebird on the branch of a tree, with foliage in the lower left corner. The background include...
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Watercolour and pencil drawing of two Australian parrots, being the Major Mitchell Cockatoo and Swindern's Lovebird, 1835?] / attributed to Edward Lear
Variant title
"Jardine's Naturalist Library frontispiece" inscribed in pencil on verso of watercolour
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
"Leadbeater's Cockatoo -- Parrot. Original pencil and watercolour, frontispiece for Sir William Jardine's "The Naturalist Library", circa 1840" inscribed in pen on verso of frame.
Date note
Date based on publication of "Natural History of Parrots" in 1836
Object History
Purchased by Peter Walker Fine Art from a private collector in Melbourne
Published information
Natural history of parrots / By Prideaux J. Selby : Illustrated by thirty-two plates, with memoir and portrait of Bewick ; by the Rev. Mr. Turner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars, 1836.
Series title: The naturalist's library / Conducted by Sir William Jardine. Ornithology ; vol.6
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Peter Walker Fine Art, April 2018
Administrative / Biographical history
Edward Lear (1812-1888) was a British artist, traveller and nonsense poet best known for his collection of limericks and illustrated children’s verse. At the age of 19 he published "Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots" (1832), which featured mainly Australian birds. He was commissioned by John Gould and Lord Stanley to create ill...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SSV/152
Record Identifier
92ebbm3Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92ebbm3Y
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Reference code
9606093
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