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"Streaked Warbler"

Artist: Port Jackson Painter
Created: [between 1788 and 1797]
Dimensions: 12.2 x 13 cm
Reference: Watling Drawing - no. 274

 

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Bird, its head in profile facing right and its body turned to the left. It is depicted perched on a branch with some foliage against a plain background. The upper parts of the bird are predominantly yellow-brown overlaid with black hatched lines. The underparts are white-grey, with black striations. The drawing is framed by a pencil border and annotated in ink and pencil.

 

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