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"Banksian Cockatoo", native name "Karratt"

Artist: Port Jackson Painter
Created: [Between 1788 and 1797]
Dimensions: 36.8 x 23.5 cm
Reference: Watling Drawing - no. 139

 

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Bird in profile, facing to the right, perched on a branch against a plain background. The bird has a crested head and is predominantly black, with red tail feathers. The drawing is framed by a pencil border and annotated in ink and pencil.

 

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