[Swift parrot (Lathamus discolor)] [picture] / [George Raper]
- Bib ID:
- 3579191
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Raper, George, 1769-1796
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [1788?]
- 1 drawing : watercolour ; 47.3 x 28.5 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.
- Inscription: "4"--In pencil on verso.
- Watermark: Crown, shield with horn and GR.
- Plants: Yellow Pittosporum (Pittosporum revolutum) for the perch; Daisy, probably Brachycome (Augustifolia) lower left; Pelargonium, probably Pelargonium australe, lower centre; Papillionaceae, probably Gompholobium species (Grandiflorum). Gompholobium species identified by a National Library volunteer as Gompholobium huegelii, March 2008, see file: R08/29890.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-150068497
- Related Material:
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- Used as the basis for: Swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) and Yellow pittosporum (Pittosporum revolutum) / John Hunter, no. 43 in his: Birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, '89 and '90, located in the National Library of Australia Pictures collection.
- Used as the basis for: Grassland daisy (Brachycome angustifolia) / John Hunter, no. 28 in his: Birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, '89 and '90, located in the National Library of Australia Pictures collection.
- Used as the basis for: Pelargonium, probably Pelargonium australe / John Hunter, no. 30 in his: Birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, '89 and '90, located in the National Library of Australia Pictures collection.
- Used as the basis for: Handsome wedge pea (Gompholobium grandiflorum) / John Hunter, no. 32 in his: Birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, '89 and '90, located in the National Library of Australia Pictures collection.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from the Ducie/Moreton family, October 2005.
- Subject:
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- Swift parrot -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800
- Birds -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800
- Flowers -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800
- Pittosporum -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800
- Brachyscome -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800
- Pelargoniums -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800
- Other authors/contributors:
- Raper, George, 1769-1796
- Exhibited:
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- Exhibited: "Treasures Gallery", National Library of Australia, 16 September 2013 - 2 February 2014.
- Exhibited: "National Treasures from Australia's Great Libraries". Touring exhibition December 2005 - August 2007, organised by the National Library of Australia.
- 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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- 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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