The Port Jackson Painter collection

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Un-named bird

Artist: Port Jackson Painter
Created: [between 1788 and 1798]
Dimensions: 20.1 x 31.8 cm
Reference: Port Jackson Drawing - no. 30

 

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Drawing of a bird in left profile, perched on a tree branch against a plain background. The bird has a black bill and face with a pale brown iris. The throat and upper breast are also black, with off-white underparts overlaid with grey hatched lines. Its crown and upper parts are pale blue-grey, with black wing feathers outlined in white, and a black tail. The feathers are outlined and shaded in grey or black. The branch is white outlined with a grey line to the right and shaded brown and grey to the left and below.

 

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