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

Warrane / 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

Accession number

Auckland Public Library | George Grey Collection

Accession method

Gift

Provenance

Sir George Grey KCB (1812 -98)

Sir George Grey, was born in Portugal and educated in England. His interest in migration was as a cure for the social ills of England and he explored extensively in Western Australia for settlement sights. He was Governor of South Australia (1840-45), Governor of New Zealand (1845-53), Cape Colony (1854-61) and New Zealand again (1861-8). He later served in the New Zealand Government for some 20 Years. He died in England. Grey was a keen naturalist, collecting for English institutions, he also collected books presenting libraries Cape Town and Auckland. His gift to the Auckland Public Library numbered over 8,000 volumes, a catalogue of which was published in 1888.

Credit line

Gift of Sir George Grey, March 1887

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

09 Mar 2025