• Title
  [A bush turkey or alectura lathami], 1809 / by I.W. Lewin
• Creator
  J. W. (John William) Lewin, 1770-1819
• Call number
  DG V*/General/6
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1809
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  446147
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour drawing - 43.8 x 56 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  The drawing features two bush turkeys in a rocky landscape. One of the turkeys is prominent in the foreground.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  The title is taken from an entry in the Sotheby Catalogue for the sale held 18th July 1962, Lot 3.
  Reproduced, by the Library, as a large colour print (Ref. U 49, copy filed at PXD 141)
  Digital order no:a928141
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed at lower left, "I.W. Lewin"
  Signed and dated at lower right hand corner, "I.W. Lewin - New South Wales. 1809."
• Subject
  Birds.
  Ornithological illustration.
  
• Topic
  brush turkeys
  natural history illustrations
  turkeys
  
• Exhibited in
  
  A Rage for Curiosity - State Library of New South Wales (1 September, 1997 - 11 January, 1998)
  Lewin: Wild Art - State Library of New South Wales (March, 2012 - October, 2012)

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