Rawnsley's Bowerbird, Witton, Queensland, probably 1867 / Henry Constantine Richter
- Bib ID:
- 6493436
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Richter, Henry Constantine, 1821-1902, artist
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- probably 1867
- 1 painting : watercolour on vellum ; 39 x 57 cm
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on inscription and research sources.
- Inscriptions: "J. Gould, Ptilonorhynchus Rawnsley's bowerbird"--In pencil, bottom right of mount.
- "The finished drawing from the Supplement to John Gould's Birds of Australia 1858-1868"--Accompanying documentation.
- "Rawnsley's bowerbird, also known as Rawnsley's satin bird or the blue regent, is a rare intergeneric hybrid between a satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) and a regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus). It is based on a unique specimen collected by Henry Charles Rawnsley at Witton, near Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, on 14 July 1867."--Wikipedia : Rawnsley's bowerbird (viewed 19/8/14)
- "Rawnsley's Bowerbird was originally described and illustrated as the new species Ptilonorhynchus rawnsleyi by a hand coloured plate in part 15 (issued in 1867) of the now extremely rare three volume (and unfinished) 'The Ornithology of Australia' by Silvester Diggles (1866-70)."-- (2004) Rawnsley's Bowerbird (Satin x Regent) / Dan Blunt and Cliff Frith http://www.gondwanaguides.com.au/Rawnsley's%20Bowerbird.htm (viewed 19/8/14)
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138265910
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased 2014.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1902
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1867
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