[Variegated fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti)] [picture] / [George Raper]
- Bib ID:
- 3579548
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Raper, George, 1769-1796
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [1788?]
- 1 drawing : watercolour ; 30 x 25.2 cm.
- Series:
- Raper, George, 1769-1796. Ducie collection of First Fleet art.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on information supplied by vendors' agent.
- Attributed to George Raper by National Library of Australia Pictures Branch.
- Part of the collection: The Ducie collection of First Fleet art.
- Inscriptions: "O [or 0?]"--in pencil, lower right; "20"--in pencil on verso.
- Watermark: I Taylor.
- Plants: Grevillea, possibly Grevillea speciosa (Knight) or Grevillea oleoides, left; Styphelia triflora, possibly Styphelia laeta, right; the perch is unidentified. A National Library volunteer has advised that the left-hand plant is Grevillea speciosa plant, file no: R08/29890.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-150070746
- Related Material:
- Used as the basis for 3 works by John Hunter: the lower bird of [Superb fairy wren (Malurus cyaneus) and Variegated fairy wren (Malurus lamberti)] ; [Red spider flower (Grevillea speciosa)]; and: [Pink five corners (Styphelia triflora)] which constitute no. 27, 16 and 18 of his: Birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, '89 and '90, located in National Library of Australia Pictures collection.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from the Ducie/Moreton family, October 2005.
- Subject:
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- Fairy wrens -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800
- Birds -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800
- Grevillea -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800
- Epacridaceae -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800
- Wild flowers -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800
- Other authors/contributors:
- Raper, George, 1769-1796
- Exhibited:
- Exhibited: National Gallery of Victoria - Australian Colonial Art - March - July 2018
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the The Ducie collection of First Fleet art.
This collection contains 56 records. - Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1796
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1788
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