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"Allied to the axillary Falcon"

Artist: Port Jackson Painter
Created: [between 1788 and 1797]
Dimensions: 24.3 x 19.8 cm
Reference: Watling Drawing - no. 102

 

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Bird facing to the left with its head turned round towards the right, perched on a tree branch that cuts diagonally across the drawing from the bottom left, against a plain background. The bird has a white head, breast and tail feathers, with a blue to grey back and wings. The drawing is framed by a pencil border and annotated in ink and pencil.

 

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