New Holland Collection (#2)

Page 115. Unidentified Bird. 116. Bell, miner (w / c on paper)
5671010 Page 115. Unidentified Bird. 116. Bell, miner (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Page 107. Unidentified Bird (w / c on paper)
5671004 Page 107. Unidentified Bird (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N. [New] Holland etc)

Page 103. Unidentified Bird. Honeyeater. 104. Unidentified Bird (w / c on paper)
5671002 Page 103. Unidentified Bird. Honeyeater. 104. Unidentified Bird (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library

Page 92. Australian Pelican (w / c on paper)
5670991 Page 92. Australian Pelican (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N. [New] Holland etc)

Page 81. Scarlet Robin (w / c on paper)
5670975 Page 81. Scarlet Robin (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N. [New] Holland etc)

Page 76. Unidentified bird (w / c on paper)
5670969 Page 76. Unidentified bird (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N. [New] Holland etc)

Page 72. 1. Spotted Pardalote. Pipra punctata 2. Unidentified bird
5670963 Page 72. 1. Spotted Pardalote. Pipra punctata 2. Unidentified bird. Muscicapa rufifrom (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library

Page 54. Blue, faced Honeyeater. Merops cyanoris. Blue-cheeked Thrush (Watling 225 / 146
5670946 Page 54. Blue, faced Honeyeater. Merops cyanoris. Blue-cheeked Thrush (Watling 225/146) (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library

Page 43. King Parrot (female). Scarlet & Green (Watling 136 / 51) (w / c on paper)
5670928 Page 43. King Parrot (female). Scarlet & Green (Watling 136/51) (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library

Study of Two Brazilian Tortoises, c. 1640 (tempera, gouache on paper on panel)
5672032 Study of Two Brazilian Tortoises, c.1640 (tempera, gouache on paper on panel) by Eeckhout, Albert van der (1604-66); 30.5x51 cm; Mauritshuis, The Hague

Page 146. Unidentified Bird. Honeyeater (w / c on paper)
5671029 Page 146. Unidentified Bird. Honeyeater (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Page 109. Unidentified Bird (w / c on paper)
5671006 Page 109. Unidentified Bird (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N. [New] Holland etc)

Page 79. Black-fronted Dotterel. Charadrius Hiaticula (w / c on paper)
5670973 Page 79. Black-fronted Dotterel. Charadrius Hiaticula (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library

Page 64. Scarlet Robin. Musca crythrogastra. 65. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
5670956 Page 64. Scarlet Robin. Musca crythrogastra. 65. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater. Muscicapa novae Hollandiae (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library

Page 49. Unidentified bird. Scythrops (w / c on paper)
5670939 Page 49. Unidentified bird. Scythrops (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Page 42. King Parrot (male). Scarlet & Green (w / c on paper)
5670927 Page 42. King Parrot (male). Scarlet & Green (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Page 34. White-breasted Sea Eagle Allied to the Axillary Falcon (Watling 102 / 8
5670917 Page 34. White-breasted Sea Eagle Allied to the Axillary Falcon (Watling 102/8) (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); 50.3x39.2 cm; Mitchell Library

Page 29. Unidentified fish (w / c on paper)
5670912 Page 29. Unidentified fish (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info)

Page 28. Unidentified fish (w / c on paper)
5670911 Page 28. Unidentified fish (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: This drawing is half the size of nature)

Page 21. Unidentified fish (w / c on paper)
5670904 Page 21. Unidentified fish (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N. [New] Holland etc)

Page 20. Unidentified fish (w / c on paper)
5670903 Page 20. Unidentified fish (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N. [New] Holland etc)

Page 9. Unidentified fish. a 10. Unidentified fish (w / c on paper)
5670894 Page 9. Unidentified fish. A 10. Unidentified fish (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Austral trefoil or New-Holland lotus, Lotus australis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, London

Conquest of Rio Grande in Brazil, December 1633, 1649-51 (etching)
3704055 Conquest of Rio Grande in Brazil, December 1633, 1649-51 (etching) by Dutch School, (17th century); Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Typical native of New Holland (engraving)
2781419 Typical native of New Holland (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Typical native of New Holland)

A Brazilian Landscape, 1650 (oil on wood)
5667224 A Brazilian Landscape, 1650 (oil on wood) by Post, Frans Jansz (1612-80); 61 x 91.4 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: In 1630-54)

Page 142. Unidentified Bird. 143. Unidentified Bird (w / c on paper)
5671026 Page 142. Unidentified Bird. 143. Unidentified Bird (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Page 138. Unidentified Bird. 139. Unidentified Bird (w / c on paper)
5671022 Page 138. Unidentified Bird. 139. Unidentified Bird (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Page 133. Unidentified Bird. 134. Unidentified Bird (w / c on paper)
5671019 Page 133. Unidentified Bird. 134. Unidentified Bird (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Page 108. Unidentified Bird (w / c on paper)
5671005 Page 108. Unidentified Bird (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N. [New] Holland etc)

Page 105. Red-browed Finch. 106. Unidentified Bird (w / c on paper)
5671003 Page 105. Red-browed Finch. 106. Unidentified Bird (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Page 91. Unidentified bird. Pel. borssanus (w / c on paper)
5670989 Page 91. Unidentified bird. Pel. borssanus (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Page 88. Duck (w / c on paper)
5670985 Page 88. Duck (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N. [New] Holland etc)

Page 70. 1. Unidentified bird. Bonnet Warbler (Watling 283 / 208) 2. Unidentified bird
5670961 Page 70. 1. Unidentified bird. Bonnet Warbler (Watling 283/208) 2. Unidentified bird. Crimson-throated Manakin (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library

Page 52. Pallid Cuckoo (probably) (w / c on paper)
5670943 Page 52. Pallid Cuckoo (probably) (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N. [New] Holland etc)

Page 50. Magpie-lark. Corvus cyanoleucos (w / c on paper)
5670940 Page 50. Magpie-lark. Corvus cyanoleucos (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Page 38. Unidentified bird, Probably a large lanius (w / c on paper)
5670923 Page 38. Unidentified bird, Probably a large lanius (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Page 33. Tawny Frogmouth. Gracile Goatsucker (Watling 297 / 222) (w / c on paper)
5670916 Page 33. Tawny Frogmouth. Gracile Goatsucker (Watling 297/222) (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); 50.3x39.2 cm; Mitchell Library

Page 32. Barracouta (w / c on paper)
5670915 Page 32. Barracouta (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info)

Page 73. Scarlet Robins (male and female). Muscicapa Crythrogastra (w / c on paper)
5670964 Page 73. Scarlet Robins (male and female). Muscicapa Crythrogastra (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library

Page 62. Red-browed Finch. Loxia astrild. 63. Unidentified bird
5670955 Page 62. Red-browed Finch. Loxia astrild. 63. Unidentified bird. Muscicapa flavigastra (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library

Page 61. Blue-faced Honeyeater. Turdus cyanoris. Blue-cheeked Thrush (Watling 225 / 146
5670954 Page 61. Blue-faced Honeyeater. Turdus cyanoris. Blue-cheeked Thrush (Watling 225/146) (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library

Page 26. Unidentified fish (w / c on paper)
5670909 Page 26. Unidentified fish (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N. [New] Holland etc)

Baie des Chiens Marins, New Holland: The Camp of l Uranie near Ile Peron
955610 Baie des Chiens Marins, New Holland: The Camp of l Uranie near Ile Peron, from Voyage Autour du Monde sur les Corvettes de L Uranie engraved by Forget after a design by Marchais, pub

Page 144. Unidentified Bird (w / c on paper)
5671027 Page 144. Unidentified Bird (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N. [New] Holland etc)

Page 131. Unidentified Bird. 132. Unidentified Bird (w / c on paper)
5671018 Page 131. Unidentified Bird. 132. Unidentified Bird (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Page 127. Unidentified Bird. 128. Unidentified Bird (w / c on paper)
5671016 Page 127. Unidentified Bird. 128. Unidentified Bird (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

Page 121. Unidentified Bird. 122. Unidentified Bird (w / c on paper)
5671013 Page 121. Unidentified Bird. 122. Unidentified Bird (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N)

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"New Holland: A Tapestry of Exploration, Diversity, and Beauty" Step back in time to the 17th century as we embark on a journey through the captivating world of New Holland. This enchanting land has witnessed remarkable tales of exploration and discovery that have shaped its rich history. Captain James Cook, an intrepid explorer from 1775, ventured into uncharted territories, mapping out the vast expanse of this intriguing land. His meticulous observations paved the way for future adventurers to unravel its mysteries. As we delve deeper into New Holland's story, a vivid map emerges before our eyes - Australia and New Zealand depicted in all their glory. The coloured engraving showcases the diverse landscapes that grace these lands; from rolling hills to majestic mountains and pristine coastlines. But it is not just explorers who left their mark on New Holland's narrative. William Dampier, a pirate turned naturalist in 1698, documented its unique flora and fauna with great precision. His contributions continue to inspire scientists today. Traveling across continents brings us closer to home as we witness combine harvesting in Stanton village nestled within Cotswolds' picturesque beauty. Here lies evidence of how agricultural practices evolved over centuries. Turning another page reveals an Eastern Curlew gracefully captured on paper by skilled hands. Its delicate watercolor strokes breathe life into this magnificent bird that calls New Holland home. Noru Gal Derri stands tall with spear and shield – an Aborigine warrior immortalized through Nicolas Martin Petite's illustration lithographed by Karl Joseph Brodtmann in Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural History of Men and Animals (1836). It serves as a reminder of indigenous cultures deeply rooted within these lands since time immemorial. Venturing beyond Australia's shores takes us to Brazil – where vibrant oil paintings transport us back to Brazilian villages during the late 17th century.