Albatross species illustrations for an unpublished book on Australian birds, 1938 [picture] / Lilian Medland
- Bib ID:
- 6183670
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Medland, Lilian M. (Lilian Marguerite), 1880-1955
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1938
- 1 sheet of 12 paintings : ink and watercolour ; 27.7 x 19.2 cm.
- Series:
- Watercolours for plates for an unpublished book on Australian birds by Gregory M. Mathews.
- Summary:
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Paintings on card covered by transparent paper with traced and numbered outline of each bird. 1. Macronectes giganteus (Current names: Macronectes giganteus, Southern Giant-Petrel) 2. Macronectes giganteus white [form] (Current names: Macronectes giganteus, Southern Giant-Petrel) 3. Thalassarche chlororhynchus (Current names: Thalassarche chlororhynchos, Yellow-nosed Albatross) 4. Thalassarche chrysostoma (Current names: Thalassarche chrysostoma, Grey-headed Albatross) 5. Thalassarche melanophris (Current names: Thalassarche melanophris, Black-browed Albatross) 6. Phoebetria palpebrata (Current names: Phoebetria palpebrata, Light-mantled Sooty Albatross) 7. Phoebetria fusca (Current names: Phoebetria fusca, Sooty Albatross) 8. Diomedella cauta (Current names: Thalassarche cauta, Shy Albatross) 9. Diomedella cauta (Current names: Thalassarche cauta, Shy Albatross) 10. Diomedea exulans (Current names: Diomedea exulans, Wandering Albatross) 11. Diomedea exulans (Current names: Diomedea exulans, Wandering Albatross) 12. Diomedea chionoptera (Current names: Diomedea exulans, Wandering Albatross). Identification key on verso.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer from inscriptions and identification by researcher.
- Part of collection: Watercolours for plates for an unpublished book on Australian birds by Gregory M. Mathews.
- Inscriptions: "Lilian Medland"--In ink lower right; "Plate J1"--In ink on verso; "1/8 nat. size. Rec. 4th May 1938"--In ink on verso.
- Condition: Yellowing.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-139506943
- Subject:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Watercolours for plates for an unpublished book on Australian birds by Gregory M. Mathews.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2025 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1955
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1938
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