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Watercolour, Neville CAYLEY, Congress of the birds, 1910

  • Clearing in a rural landscape with treed hills in the background. There is a circle of different types of birds including a cockatoo, emu, kookaburra, blue wren, peacock, swans, pelican and rosella with a magpie in the centre of the circle in foreground. Palm trees can be seen in the midground.

    Congress of the birds

Artists statement

Born: Yamba, New South Wales, Australia 1886; Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1950

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Physical description

Clearing in a rural landscape with many different types of birds. There are palm trees and treed hills in the background. Stained timber frame.

Inscriptions & markings

recto: Signed and dated "Neville.W.Cayley -10-" in black watercolour in l.r.c of composition; Not titled

Mounting & framing

Stained timber frame with gold brushed inner window edge and off white window mount

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