Primary Artist

J.W. Lewin (1770–1819)

Title

Birds of New South Wales with their natural history.

Physical description

A bound book of 18 etchings and 18 leaves of descriptive text

Source

Lewin, John. Birds of New South Wales with their natural history. Sydney: G. Howe, 1813

Page or Plate number

collection record

Date made

1813

Place made

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

Category

Illustrated book

Print types

intaglio | relief

Matrix size

28.0 x 21.4 cm (page)

State

published state

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

Private collection

Accession number

Fox

Accession method

Purchased

Meeting

1995 (01/01/1995)

Provenance

Dr Norman.B Wettenhall, purchased 1972
Norman Wettenhall (1915-2000) was encouraged by his father to collect books in the fields of biography, history and exploration. After graduating in medicine at Melbourne University he served in the Royal Australian Navy 1939-45. He began collecting seriously after the war with a particular interest in ornithology.

The Wettenhall Library, Melbourne: Andrew Isles & Sydney: Horden House, 1995. no.163.
(The collection sold for 'close to $3 million' SMH 1 Sept 1995)

Kenneth Webster, New Zealand Kenneth Webster (1906-67) was born in Wellington, New Zealand and educated at Wellington College. In 1936 he went to England, serving in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during the war. At this time he began collecting Maori antiquities and later early New Zealand and Pacific books, manuscripts and pictures. Webster died in London.

Websters collection was sold through Maggs, London.

Subject categories

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Australia, Animal: Bird

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Lewin, J.W. | (1770–1819) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

12 Nov 2024