A scarce early depiction of a Laughing Kookaburra

EDWARDS, Sydenham.

Great Brown Kings Fisher.
London: John Stockdale, 1789. Etching. 260 x 195mm.

A few spots.

A fine impression of one of the first printed depictions of a Laughing Kookaburra, engraved by Edwards for Arthur Phillip's ''The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay', the official account of the first settlement in Australia.


Stock ID : 22371