Blue Bellied Parrot; Superb Warblers and Crested Cockatoo
3 early copies from Birds of New South Wales, After Sarah Stone
Watercolour, Mounted on original backing
21.4 x 16.3 cm, 19.4 x 14.3 cm and 20.2 x 16.8 cm
Each signed with initials CB: and inscribed with title on reverse
Provenance: John Barkes, England
Sarah Stone made drawings from a set of Australian specimens sent to England from NSW by Surgeon John White. The drawings were engraved and published in John White's 'Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales' (London, 1790). This is an early, accurate, near-contemporary copy.
Item #7521
Price: $7,500.00
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