John LEWIN
Warty-face Honey-sucker (Regent Honeyeater)
(c. 1804-1806)
plate 3 from A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, published by J. H. Bohte, London, 1822

Medium
etching hand-coloured with watercolour and tinted gum arabic

Measurements
28.6 × 21.1 cm (image and plate) 36.6 × 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

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Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
printed in ink u.c.: PI.III
printed in ink l.l.: Tongue (vertically) a
printed in ink l.r.: b
printed in ink l.r.: I.W.Lewin. New..South..Wales (remains of erased inscription l.c.)

Accession Number
2013.726

Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings

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John LEWIN Warty-face Honey-sucker (Regent Honeyeater) (c. 1804-1806) plate 3 from A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, published by J. H. Bohte, London, 1822

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John LEWIN
Warty-face Honey-sucker (Regent Honeyeater)
(c. 1804-1806)
plate 3 from A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, published by J. H. Bohte, London, 1822