Australian Dottrels lithograph. Broinowski Birds of Australia c1890.

by Broinowski, Gracius

Antique Print of Allied Dottrel, Hooded Dottrel, Red-kneed Dottrel, the three species of this family that are found in Australia, "upon the sea coast and in the coast district of southern and temperate parts of Tasmania and Australia".

Original lithograph printed in colour by G.J. Broinowski for “The Birds of Australia” published in Sydney circa 1890. 

Born in Poland, Gracius Broinowski (1837-1913) came to Australia at the age of 20, apparently to avoid conscription. Arriving in Portland, Victoria he worked for a printer and publisher, then spent many years travelling around Australia. From 1880 Broinowski taught painting in Sydney and then lithographed the birds of New Zealand and the mammals and birds of Australia.

Page size 365 x 270mm (approximately 14.25 x 10.5 inches). This antique print has the usual age discolouration, and there is a short conservation-repaired tear half way down the left side of this brittle paper. The (edge-torn) accompanying text is available if desired .