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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Fine Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  10 May 2017 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  71
• Lot Description:
  Samuel Howitt
  (1765 – 1822, British)
  A Rare Group of Four Early Watercolours of Australian Birds, c.1812
  watercolour on paper (4)
  (i)17.0 x 11.0 cm; (ii)17.0 x 11.0 cm; (iii)17.5 x 11.0 cm; (iv)14.0 cm x 11.5 cm
  (i)signed lower right: Howitt; (ii)signed centre right: Howitt;(iv) signed lower left: Howitt
  i) Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus Magnificus; (ii) Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus Funereus; (iii) Palm Cockatoo, Probosciger Aterrimus, (iv) Regent Honeyeater, Xanthomyza Phrygia
• Provenance:
  Family of the artist, United Kingdom; Thence by descent; Private collection, United Kingdom; Private collection, United Kingdom, acquired from the above mid-1990s; Private collection, Adelaide; Deutscher and Hackett, Sydney, 2 May 2012, lot 52; Private collection, Melbourne
• Estimate:
  A$20,000 - 30,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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