Neville Cayley
(Australia, England 1853–1903)
- Title
- Untitled (Two egrets fighting over a fish)
- Year
- 1893
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
-
43.3 x 60.3cm sight; 76.2 x 93.8cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l., black watercolour “Neville: Cayley/ 1893”.
- Credit
- Gift of Madeline Charley 2012
- Accession number
- 381.2012
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Neville Henry Pennington Cayley was an English ornithologist and artist who migrated to Australia with his family circa 1882 and is credited with contributing greatly to a popular awareness of Australian birds. He is not to be confused with his son Neville William Cayley who inheriting his father’s talent, is best-known for his book ‘What bird is that’. 'Untitled (two egrets fighting over a fish)' is typical of the artist’s classic, theatrical ‘set piece’ in which he places a particular bird type against a landscape characteristic of its habitat.
