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The artist, title and date of the work must be listed anywhere the image is reproduced:
Raimondo Petraroja (lithographer)
di Lorenzo (draughtsman)
Lyre bird (Uccello Lira) published 1863-1879
colour lithograph
29.0 × 24.0 cm irreg. (image) 41.2 × 29.5 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John McPhee through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2026
© Public Domain
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Lyre bird
(Uccello Lira)
published 1863-1879
from Atlante Zoologico Popolare, opera Compilata Sui Piu Recenti Lavori di Zoologia Italiani e Stranieri (Popular Zoological Atlas, a Work Compiled from the Most Recent Works of Italian and Foreign Zoology), edited by Giovanni Boschi, published 1863–79
Medium
colour lithograph
Measurements
29.0 × 24.0 cm irreg. (image) 41.2 × 29.5 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John McPhee through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2026
© Public Domain
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Naples, Italy
Printing/Publishing
published by Raimondo Petraroja in Naples, Italy
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Lit. Petraroja
printed in ink l.c.: UCCELLO LIRA Macunura Lyratu
embossed l.c.: * RAIMONDO PETRAROJA * LIBRAJO * ENCICLOPEDIA D’ASTROLABE * E DI EDUCAZIONE (in a circle)
printed in ink l.r.: Di Lorenzo dis.
Accession Number
2026.275
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings