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Voyage de l'Uranie, oiseaux, Loriot Prince-Regent

Out of Copyright. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia. | Public Domain

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Date

19th Century

Artist

Paul Louis Oudart (1796-1860)

Collection

National Library of Australia

Image Link

https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2171284

Description

Signed lower left corner in ink; Title from Christie's auction catalogue: The Freycinet collection, Thursday 26 September 2002, lot 91. Artist listed as Francois Oudart; Inscriptions: "No. 52"[?]--Upper left corner of sheet (covered by mount). "Bon a graver [...]"--Bottom centre of sheet (covered by mount). "No. 16"--Bottom centre of sheet (covered by mount); "The ... study of the Prince Regent bird was copied from Lewin's engraved version of 1805 as the specimen the French purchased was lost in the shipwreck in the Falklands"--Auction catalogue. Medium: watercolour and pencil.
Additional Makers: John William Lewin (1770-1819)

Image Licence

Public Domain

Image Credit

Out of Copyright. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia.

Location

Australia

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Birds
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Category

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