Sittella and Treecreeper species illustrations for an unpublished book on Australian birds, ca. 1935 [picture] / Lilian Medland
- Bib ID:
- 6183984
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Medland, Lilian M. (Lilian Marguerite), 1880-1955
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- between 1930 and 1939
- 1 sheet of 21 paintings : ink and watercolour ; 27.9 x 19.3 cm.
- Series:
- Watercolours for plates for an unpublished book on Australian birds by Gregory M. Mathews.
- Summary:
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Paintings on card covered by transparent paper with traced and numbered outline of each bird. 1. Neositta pileata female (current name: Daphoenositta chrysoptera, Varied Sittella, subspecies pileata, Black-capped Sittella) 2. Neositta albata (current name: Daphoenositta chrysoptera, Varied Sittella) 3. & 7. Neositta striata male & female (current name: Daphoenositta chrysoptera, Varied Sittella, subspecies striata, Striated Sittella) 4. Neositta leucocephala (current name: Daphoenositta chrysoptera, Varied Sittella, subspecies leucocephala, White-headed Sittella) 5. & 6. Neositta pileata male & young (current name: Daphoenositta chrysoptera, Varied Sittella, subspecies pileata, Black-capped Sittella) 8. Neositta chrysoptera (current name: Daphoenositta chrysoptera, Varied Sittella) 9. & 10. Neositta leucoptera female & male (current name: Daphoenositta chrysoptera, Varied Sittella, subspecies leucoptera, White-winged Sittella) 11. Climacteris rufa, (Rufous Treecreeper) 12. & 13. Climacteris melanura female & male (Black-tailed Treecreeper) 14. Cormobates minor (current name: Climacteris leucophaea, White-throated Treecreeper, subspecies minor, Little Treecreeper) 15. & 16. Cormobates erythrops (Red-browed Treecreeper) 17. Cormobates affinis (current name: Climacteris affinis, White-browed Treecreeper) 18. & 21. Cormobates leucophaea (current name: Climacteris leucophaea, White-throated Treecreeper) 19. & 20. Climacteris picumnus (Brown Treecreeper).--Identification key on verso.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer from inscriptions and identification by researcher.
- Part of collection: Watercolours for plates for an unpublished book on Australian birds by Gregory M. Mathews.
- Inscriptions: "Lilian Medland"--In ink lower right; "Plate ZD, 1/2 Nat. size"--In ink on verso; "Rec. April 3rd- 1939"--In pencil on verso.
- Condition: Yellowing.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-139507087
- Subject:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Watercolours for plates for an unpublished book on Australian birds by Gregory M. Mathews.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2025 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1955
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1939
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