Illustrations for 'The ornithology of Australia' series, ca. 1860-1875 / drawn by Silvester Diggles;...
Illustrations for 'The ornithology of Australia' series, ca. 1860-1875 / drawn by Silvester Diggles; and prints and hand coloured plates of 'The ornithology of Australia', 1863-1875
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Date
ca. 1860-1875
Call Numbers
PXE 1599/1-2
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Pictures, Drawings and Manuscripts
Physical Description
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15 drawings - 38.0 x 28.0 cm or smaller - watercolour, pencil
37 prints - 38.0 x 28.0 cm or smaller - 19 hand watercoloured
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Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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PXE 1599/1
Fifteen original watercolours by Diggles in various sizes include:
1. Plate 16. Astur Radiatus (approximans) Radiated Goshawk
2. Turnix Melanogaster Black breasted Hemipode Male; T. Melanogaster Female; Turnix Varius Varied Hemipode (numbered 29 in pencil on verso)
3. Strix Tenebriosus Sooty Owl (numbered 32 in pencil on...
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Full title
Illustrations for 'The ornithology of Australia' series, ca. 1860-1875 / drawn by Silvester Diggles; and prints and hand coloured plates of 'The ornithology of Australia', 1863-1875
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Author / Creator
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Presented by Rosa and Ruth Micheli via David Rollinson, September 2013
Administrative / Biographical history
Silvester Diggles (1817-1880) was born in Liverpool, England and became a naturalist, artist and musician. He arrived in Australia with his family in 1853 to Sydney and in 1855 moved to Brisbane where he became prominent in music and scientific circles, teaching both drawing and music and repairing musical instruments. He was a founding member of...
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PXE 1599/1-2
Record Identifier
Yezdz4W9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yezdz4W9
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1060959
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