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Raper, George, 1769-1797: Bird of Port Jackson - 1/3 Less than Natural Size. Geo. Raper 1788 [Channel-billed cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)]
- Date
- 1788
- By
- Raper, George, 1769-1797
- Reference
- E-327-f-037
- Description
Channel-billed cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae). Specimen depicted perched on a branch of a dead tree trunk.
Another version of this watercolour is in the British Museum (Natural history), dated 1789.
Title supplied by Library incorporating transcription from item.
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - "Bird of Port Jackson - 1/3 Less than Natural Size - Geo. Raper 1788 - No." [ink]
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour and ink on laid paper, 394 x 275 mm.
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Raper, George, 1769-1797: Birds of Australia and South Seas. Original drawings 1788-90. From E. Cane
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour and ink on laid paper, 394 x 275 mm.
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