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Series 1: Original watercolour drawings for the publication A Field Guide to Australian Birds, Volum...

Series 1: Original watercolour drawings for the publication A Field Guide to Australian Birds, Volum...

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Series 1: Original watercolour drawings for the publication A Field Guide to Australian Birds, Volume 1: Non-Passerines, 1970 / by Peter Slater

About this item

Full title

Series 1: Original watercolour drawings for the publication A Field Guide to Australian Birds, Volume 1: Non-Passerines, 1970 / by Peter Slater

Date

1970

Call Numbers

PXD 1506/Boxes 01-08

Record Identifier

9Nam8M7Y

Reference Code

9640765

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

62 drawings - 44 x 30 cm; 51 x 38 cm. - watercolour; pencil; pen and ink and pencil; on board and paper

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Series

Arrangement

Collection of watercolours has been arranged in the order of plates in A Field Guide to Australian Birds, Volume 1: Non-Passerines, 1970, pages 5-131.

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Copyright status : In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years

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

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

62 watercolour, some pen and ink and pencil drawings, plates on board and paper of Australian Birds. Each plate is annotated with plate number and its corresponding page number in the publication, A Field Guide to Australian Birds, Volume 1: Non-Passerines. There are also pencil notes and bird names.

1. Penguin heads, plate 1, PXD 1506/Box...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Series 1: Original watercolour drawings for the publication A Field Guide to Australian Birds, Volume 1: Non-Passerines, 1970 / by Peter Slater

Notes

General note

Plates 12, 29, and 51 not received with collection.

Description source

Titles for contents list supplied by creator from publication A Field Guide to Australian Birds, Volume 1: Non-Passerines, 1970.

Published information

A field guide to Australian birds : non-passerines / Peter Slater. Adelaide : Rigby, 1970 (Mitchell Library call no. 598.29901/18A1)

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

PXD 1506/Boxes 01-08

Record Identifier

9Nam8M7Y

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Nam8M7Y

Other Identifiers

Reference code

9640765

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