Item 2: [Rainbow lorikeet, ca. 1831-1855] / by unknown English artist
Item 2: [Rainbow lorikeet, ca. 1831-1855] / by unknown English artist
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1831-1855
Call Numbers
PXE 1744/Item 2
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 27 x 22 cm - watercolour
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1 watercolour in the aquarelle technique of a rainbow lorikeet (trichoglossus moluccanus) with its wings partly outstretched, perched on a branch emerging from the lower left corner of the composition. The head is a deep blue with a green collar and its chest is red with tinges of orange and gold with blue-black at the base and yellow under tail fe...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 2: [Rainbow lorikeet, ca. 1831-1855] / by unknown English artist
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed on verso, "Blue crested paraquet", "Miss Bentinck / For table", "RX 25660/0" and "101353".
Description source
Title corrected by cataloguer
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1744/Item 2
Record Identifier
YzOm4dD9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOm4dD9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9623516
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