Silvester Diggles b. 24 January 1817

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Regardless of whether he was painting a seashore scene on a mutton shoulder-blade, or showing his special skill in life-like and accurate natural history illustrations, Diggles' outstanding artistic achievement was the completion of 325 pencil and watercolour plates illustrating 600 birds for the impressive tome, 'Ornithology of Australia.'
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painter, professional photographer, musician and naturalist, was born on 24 January 1817, eldest son of Edward Holt Diggles, an ironmonger of Liverpool, England, and Elizabeth, née Silvester.

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1992
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2011

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  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • private collections (collected in)
  • National Library Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)