John LEWIN
King Honey-sucker (Regent Bowerbird)
(c. 1804-1806)
plate 6 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
28.8 × 21.3 cm (image and plate) 36.6 × 26.5 cm irreg. (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.VI
printed in ink l.r.: J..W..Lewin..New ..South ..Wales (remains of erased inscription l.l.-l.c.)

Accession Number
2013.728

Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings

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