Common Waxbill, 1782 and Lyrebird watercolours / by Sarah Stone
Common Waxbill, 1782 and Lyrebird watercolours / by Sarah Stone
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1782-1806
Call Numbers
PXD 1354
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
2 drawings - 50.1 x 32.0 cm, 43.5 x 30.3 cm - watercolour, Indian ink
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild), also known as the St Helena Waxbill and Lyrebird (Menura superba) are delicately illustrated perched on tree branches, in a typical natural history scientific style. Stone is likely to have drawn these watercolours from specimens in Sir Ashton Lever's collection. This is supported by the listing of a Waxbill a...
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Full title
Common Waxbill, 1782 and Lyrebird watercolours / by Sarah Stone
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Waxbill signed and dated 'Sarah Stone 1782' lower left of image. Lyrebird unsigned and undated.
Date note
The Waxbill drawing is dated by the artist. While both drawings are on the same unwatermarked paper stock, the Lyrebird is likely to have been completed years later. This is supported by the dates and locations of Captain Cook's explorations in Australia, and the corresponding dates of the Lyrebirds as additions to Sir Ashton Lever's collections -...
Conservation note
Foxing on Waxbill paper stock, May 2013
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Sotheby's Melbourne, as a single lot, Lot 63, May 2013
Administrative / Biographical history
Sarah Stone is one of the most highly regarded natural history artists from the second half of the 18th century. She exhibited with the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of Artists. She made drawings from a set of Australian specimens sent to England from NSW by Surgeon John White. The drawings were engraved and published in John White's 'Journal...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 1354
Record Identifier
94RxZd01
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94RxZd01
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Reference code
1043451
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