LEADER 03333nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910658903903321 005 20210209161859.0 010 $a1-74224-602-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000001158613 035 $a(EBL)879368 035 $a(OCoLC)782879884 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000657508 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12280057 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000657508 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680514 035 $a(PQKB)10044104 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC879368 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC877087 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL877087 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001158613 100 $a20120408d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMr JW Lewin, painter & naturalist$b[electronic resource] /$fRichard Neville 210 $aSydney $cUniversity of New South Wales Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-74223-327-9 311 $a1-306-10506-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; A singular character; The heyday for natural history; The painter of Mile End Old Town; Natural history illustration- a thriving craft; A dramatic farewell to England; Settling into Sydney; Colonial collectors; Moving to Parramatta; Explorations and expeditions; Australia's first prints; Preparing Birds of New Holland; Making a living; From Parramatta to Sydney; The mystery of the missing Birds of New Holland; John William Lewin, Gentleman, Coroner; 'Now I am painting in oil'; Australian artists go to court 327 $aPublishing Birds of New South WalesCrossing the Blue Mountains; Fish catch and Dawes Point; Working for the government; 'A very meritorious useful man'; EPILOGUE: More for show, than for correctness; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INDEX 330 $aAuthor, illustrator, printmaker and natural historian, John William Lewin created the first illustrated book ever published in Australia - Birds of New South Wales, in 1813. Featuring more than 150 exquisite artworks, Mr JW Lewin takes a fascinating look at Lewin's life and work, his place in colonial Australian society and the natural history craze that swept the world at that time. When Lewin arrived in New South Wales in 1800, the fledgling colony was by no means a favoured destination for artistic, ambitious Englishmen. Yet to Lewin, Australia was simply 'the finest country in the world', and it offered him the respectability and social standing he could never have found in England. Written by Richard Neville, Mitchell Librarian at the State Library of New South Wales, this book is a visually stunning testament to Lewin's artistic legacy. 606 $aArtists$zAustralia$vBiography 606 $aOrnithologists$zAustralia$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aAustralian 615 0$aArtists 615 0$aOrnithologists 676 $a709.2 676 $a759.994 700 $aNeville$b Richard$01105257 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910658903903321 996 $aMr JW Lewin, painter & naturalist$92628235 997 $aUNINA