Scolopacidae and other species illustrations for an unpublished book on Australian birds, 1937 [picture] / Lilian Medland
- Bib ID:
- 6183970
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Medland, Lilian M. (Lilian Marguerite), 1880-1955
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1937
- 1 sheet of 14 paintings : ink and watercolour ; 27.7 x 19.4 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- Watercolours for plates for an unpublished book on Australian birds by Gregory M. Mathews.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. Himantopus leucocephalus (Current names: Himantopus himantopus, Black-winged Stilt) 2. Recurvirostra novaehollandiae (Current names: Recurvirostra novaehollandiae, Red-necked Avocet) 3. Cladorhynchus leucocephalus (Current names: Cladorhynchus leucocephalus, Banded Stilt) 4. Haematopus unicolor (Current names: Haematopus fuliginosus, Sooty Oystercatcher) 5. Haematopus ostralegus (Current names: Haematopus longirostris, Australian Pied Oystercatcher) 6. Vetola lapponica (winter) (Current names: Limosa lapponica, Bar-tailed Godwit) 7. Vetola lapponica (summer) (Current names: Limosa lapponica, Bar-tailed Godwit) 8. Limosa limosa (winter) (Current names: Limosa limosa, Black-tailed Godwit) 9. Limosa limosa (summer) (Current names: Limosa limosa, Black-tailed Godwit) 10. Burhinus magnirostris (Current names: Burhinus grallarius, Bush Stone-curlew) 11. Orthorhamphus magnirostris (Current names: Esacus magnirostris, Beach Stone-curlew) 12. Phaeopus phaeopus (Current names: Numenius phaeopus, Whimbrel) 13. Mesoscolopax minutus (Current names: Numenius minutes, Little Curlew) 14. Numenius madagascariensis (Current names: Numenius madagascariensis, Eastern Curlew). 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- Part of collection: Watercolours for plates for an unpublished book on Australian birds by Gregory M. Mathews.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 A1, Rec. 8 Nov 1937, 1/5 nat size"--In ink on verso.
- Condition: Yellowing.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-139507040
- 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This belongs to the Watercolours for plates for an unpublished book on Australian birds by Gregory M. Mathews.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:
- 1937
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