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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creator of
Crossing Place, Coal Falls near Ipswich
 
creator of
Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the Birds of Australia (book)
Date

self-published

 
creator of
Ornithology of Australia (book)
Date

325 pencil and watercolour plates illustrating 600 birds.

 

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  • 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)
  • 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)