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

Date made

1813

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 557

Category

Illustrated book

Print types

intaglio | relief

Technique

etchings, printed in black ink, each from one copper plate; hand-coloured; letterpress text

Matrix size

28.0 x 21.4 cm (page)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

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

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

10385

Creators

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