Pair of Kookaburras.
1890. Watercolour on paper 27cm by 21cm, some spotting, signed and dated "Neville Cayley 1890" lower right, framed and mounted, More
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Pair of Kookaburras.
Sydney: 1902. Watercolour on paper, 70cm by 55 cm including mount and frame, signed Neville Cayley 1902. More
Coxen's Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta Diophthalma coxeni and Red-browed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana.
[1925]. Watercolour, 30 cm by 20 cm, signed "N. W. Cayley" lower left, mounted and framed. The accompanying plate to Chisholm, A. H. Australia's lorilet puzzle. The Emu, volume 29, 1929. Pp. 80-85. This painting by Neville Cayley junior is one of the earliest ever of Fig Parrots and historically..... More
Eastern Yellow Robin.
[c1915]. Watercolour on paper, 18.5 cm by 34 cm, initialled "N. W. C." lower right, original wooden frame. Stylistically an early work by Neville [junior] Cayley, probably painted around 1915. More
Mangrove Kingfisher.
[c1935]. Watercolour, 30 cm by 20 cm, signed "N. W. Cayley", mounted and framed. The accompanying plate to Miller, R. S. The Mangrove Kingfisher. Melbourne: The Emu, volume 37, 1937. Pp. 149-152. PROVENANCE: The property of Charles Bryant (1902-1960), editor of The Emu from 1929 to 1960, and thence by..... More
Mangrove Robins, adult and juvenile.
[c1935. Watercolour on paper, signed "N. W. Cayley" lower right. Framed with inlaid mount, 47cm by 37cm. More
Pair of Little Kingfisher.
[c1925]. Watercolour, 30 cm by 20 cm, signed "N. W. Cayley" lower left, mounted and framed. The accompanying plate to a paper by R. S. Miller, 'A beautiful Little Kingfisher'. Melbourne: The Lowan part two, 1936, pp. 3-4. PROVENANCE: The property of Charles Bryant (1902-1960), editor of The Emu from..... More
Sulphur-crested Cockato and Major Mitchel Cockatoo.
c[1940]. Watercolour on paper 35cm by 52 cm, signed N. W. Cayley. Contemporary frame in a modern mount. Neville William Cayley (1887-1950), son of the bird artist Neville Henry Pennington Cayley, is the best known of all Australian bird artists. If there is one bird book the average Australian can..... More
Variegated Fairy Wren.
c1946]. Watercolour on paper, signed "N. W. Cayley" lower right. Framed with inlaid mount, 60cm by 50cm. An original watercolour in the style of the plates from Neville W. Cayley, The fairy wrens of Australia: blue birds of happiness. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1949. More
Pelicans.
Mixed water-based media on Saunder’s rag, image size 810 by 1106 mm, framed size 1280 by 975 mm, framed by Jarman’s in water gilded solid frames and glazed with True Vue AR glass. THE ARTIST: Jeff Davies (born 1957) is arguably Australia's finest ever bird field guide illustrator, with an..... More
Scarlet Robins.
Mixed water-based media on Saunder’s rag, image size 1107 by 808 mm, framed size 1260 by 970 mm, framed by Jarman’s in water gilded solid frames and glazed with True Vue AR glass. THE ARTIST: Jeff Davies (born 1957) is arguably Australia's finest ever bird field guide illustrator, with an..... More
South African gamebirds and shrikes.
Author, 1956. Small folio, two watercolour title pages, 26 numbered interleaved leaves with typed text (verso only) on clear parchment paper, 21 signed and dated watercolours; the titlepages and watercolours all approximately 36cm by 25cm and individually mounted on a larger leaf of rag paper 41 cm by 34 cm..... More
Yellow-winged and White-cheeked Honeyeaters.
. Watercolour 12 cm by 25 cm, signed on reverse of frame "Yellow-winged and White-cheeked Honeyeater Robin Hill" in the artist's hand. An original watercolour from Robin Hill, Australian birds. Melbourne: Thomas Nelson, 1967. More
Buff-breasted Button Quail (Turnix olivii).
Sydney: 2021. watercolour on Arches 640gsm paper, 470mm by 365mm, Signed "F. Knight '21 lower right corner [and] vignette watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper, 250mm by 350mm. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND VIGNETTE from Forshaw, Joseph M. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. THE..... More
California Quail (Callipepla californica).
Sydney: 2021. watercolour on Arches 640gsm paper, 470mm by 365mm, Signed "F. Knight '21 lower right corner [and] vignette watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper, 250mm by 350mm. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND VIGNETTE from Forshaw, Joseph M. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. THE..... More
Chesnut-back Button Quail (Turnix castanotus)
Sydney: 2021. watercolour on Arches 640gsm paper, 470mm by 365mm, Signed "F. Knight '21 lower right corner [and] vignette watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper, 250mm by 350mm. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND VIGNETTE from Forshaw, Joseph M. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. THE..... More
King Quail (Synoicus chinensis)
Sydney:. watercolour on Arches 640gsm paper, 470mm by 365mm, Signed "F. Knight '21 lower right corner [and] vignette watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper, 250mm by 350mm. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND VIGNETTE from Forshaw, Joseph M. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. THE ARTIST..... More
Little Button Quail (Turnix velox).
Sydney:. watercolour on Arches 640gsm paper, 470mm by 365mm, Signed "F. Knight '21 lower right corner [and] vignette watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper, 250mm by 350mm. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND VIGNETTE from Forshaw, Joseph M. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. THE ARTIST..... More
New Zealand Quail (Coturnix novaezelandiae).
Canberra:. watercolour on Arches 640gsm paper, 470mm by 365mm, Signed "F. Knight '21 lower right corner [and] vignette watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper, 250mm by 350mm. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND VIGNETTE from Forshaw, Joseph M. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. THE ARTIST..... More
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Sydney:. watercolour on Arches 640gsm paper, 470mm by 365mm, Signed "F. Knight '21 lower right corner [and] vignette watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper, 250mm by 350mm. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND VIGNETTE from Forshaw, Joseph M. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. THE ARTIST..... More
Red-backed Button Quail (Turnix maculosus).
Sydney:. watercolour on Arches 640gsm paper, 470mm by 365mm, Signed "F. Knight '21 lower right corner [and] vignette watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper, 250mm by 350mm. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND VIGNETTE from Forshaw, Joseph M. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. THE ARTIST..... More
Red-chested Button Quail (Turnix pyrrhothorax).
Sydney:. watercolour on Arches 640gsm paper, 470mm by 365mm, Signed "F. Knight '21 lower right corner [and] vignette watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper, 250mm by 350mm. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND VIGNETTE from Forshaw, Joseph M. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. THE ARTIST..... More
Stubble Quail (Coturnix pectoralis).
Sydney:. watercolour on Arches 640gsm paper, 470mm by 365mm, Signed "F. Knight '21 lower right corner [and] vignette watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper, 250mm by 350mm. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND VIGNETTE from Forshaw, Joseph M. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. THE ARTIST..... More
Black-breasted Button Quail (Turnix melanogaster).
Sydney: 2021. watercolour on Arches 640gsm paper, 470mm by 365mm, Signed "F. Knight '21" lower right corner WITH vignette watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper, 250mm by 350mm. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND VIGNETTE from Forshaw, Joseph M. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. THE..... More
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Common Tree Frog; Red Toad; Indus Valley Toad [plate 70].
Original artwork from [28737] Tyler and Knight, Field guide to the frogs of Australia pages 160-161). 41 cm by 29 cm "F. Knight" More