John LEWIN
Mountain Bee-eater (Rainbow Bee-eater)
(c. 1804-1806)
plate 2 from A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, published by J. H. Bohte, London, 1822

Medium
etching hand-coloured with watercolour, gouache and tinted gum arabic

Measurements
29.0 × 21.3 cm (image and plate) 36.1 × 26.6 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by the Stuart Leslie Foundation, 2013

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
printed in ink u.c.: Pl.II.
printed in ink l.c.r.: J.W. Lewin. New.. South .. Wales

Accession Number
2013.725

Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings

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