Bird, White, John, Motacilla ,c1789 , Surgeon General, First Fleet
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Bird, White, John, Motacilla ,c1789 , Surgeon General, First Fleet
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Birds: Motacilla by John White c1789
Date: 1789
Artist: White, John: Surgeon General to First Fleet
Engraver: Stone S
Publisher: Debrett J
Size: 245 x 195mm
Condition: very good
Technique: copperplate engraving
Price: $395.00
Description: Hand coloured, copperplate engraving
Provenance: These original engravings are historically significant as they were drawn by the Surgeon General to the First Fleet. As such, White's significant work.."Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales" is rated up there in reference to Naural History. These prints are very collectable.