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Crested Shrike (Crested Shrike-tit)

Crested Shrike (Crested Shrike-tit)
(c. 1804-1806)
plate 26 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
28.9 × 21.4 cm (image and plate) 36.5 × 26.5 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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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
printed in ink u.c.: PCXXVI
printed in ink l.r.: I..W..Lewin. New .South.Wales.
inscribed in pencil u.l.: 25 (diagonally)

Accession Number
2013.739

Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings

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