Birds of Australia Exhibition

[Scot Mcphee <>]

Jan

The tour that you had was only for yesterday, according to the  
website. Damn! The exhibition is on until 9 March.
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/exhibit/cur#birds

scot



On 12-01-2008, at 9:05 AM, Jan England wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Yesterday I had the pleasure of going to Brisbane to see the  
> Exhibition of Birds of Australia at the State Library.
> The Exhibition consists of a 19th century Glass Bird Dome of birds  
> collected around the Gympie area, as well as the original works of  
> The Birds of Australia by Gould, illustrations by Silvester Diggles,  
> Charles Hirst and Gregory Matthews and a small Alphabet Bird Book in  
> concertina form as well as a sculpture of a Dusky Robin carved into  
> a book by Kylie Stillman.  The display also included a painting by  
> Anthony Alder who was a taxidermist for the Queensland Museum in  
> 1907 and specimens from the museum including Albert's Lyrebird.   
> Robert Mahoney from Birds Queensland gave an introduction to each of  
> the items on display and a discourse on the life and works of John  
> Gould.
> It was wonderful to have the opportunity to actually see and handle  
> (with white gloves of course) the 6 fascimilied volumes of The Birds  
> of Australia  by Gould & Richter as well as those works by  Morris  
> and other authors and Forshaw's book Birds of the World illustrated  
> by William Cooper.
> To be able to actually turn the pages and admire each painting was  
> an experience I never thought I would ever have.  It would require  
> many hours to really appreciate the extent of the works on display.
> Congratulations to all those who were involved in organising and  
> setting it up.
> Jan England
>
>
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