The Night Hawk ... taken in the month of July 1807, in New South Wales / [watercolour of a Juvenile...
The Night Hawk ... taken in the month of July 1807, in New South Wales / [watercolour of a Juvenile...
The Night Hawk ... taken in the month of July 1807, in New South Wales / [watercolour of a Juvenile Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) attributed to John William Lewin]
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1807
Call Numbers
V/112
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 29.8 x 47.8 cm. - wash drawing on card
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Digitised
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Alternative Titles
Full title
The Night Hawk ... taken in the month of July 1807, in New South Wales / [watercolour of a Juvenile Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) attributed to John William Lewin]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:a928298...
Signature / Inscriptions
"The Night Hawk - Drawn agreeable to the natural size of the Bird, or [?] so [?] it [?] / Its food (which consists chiefly of Bats Beetles [?] [?] such as fly on [in?] the Evening.) as / soon as Twilight commences & sleeps the [...] of the day - it sometimes devours Chickens / and small Birds if they happen to fall on his way - from the size of the...
Contextual Information
Source
Provenance: William Bligh, fourth Governor of New South Wales, and family descent.
Purchased March 2005
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
V/112
Record Identifier
nvg8Ad01
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nvg8Ad01
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Reference code
404782
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