John Lewin (Great Britain 1770 – Australia 1819), Reed warbler 1805 in Birds of New South Wales by John Lewin, Sydney: G. Howe (printer), 1813. Etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate, hand-coloured, letterpress text, on cream-laid paper, 27.0 x 17.4 cm (printed image), 27.4 x 21.5 cm (sheet). Purchased 1996.

John Lewin, Reed warbler 1805

The National Gallery of Australia is one of the world's most recently established national galleries. It opened to the public in 1982, after little more than a decade of collecting. The Gallery now holds the nation's largest and most valuable collection of art.

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John Lewin, Reed warbler 1805

John Lewin, Reed warbler 1805