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C1834
Trichoglossus Swainsonii. Blue Bellied Lorikeet.
Artist:
Scarce c.19th engraving of the Rainbow Lorikeet by Edward Lear. From the Naturalist Library. Collections: University of California Libraries: doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.17346 National Library Australia: Bib ID 1046523 State Library New South Wales: T0030330 State Library Victoria: Record ID 999671103607636 State Library … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Trichoglossus Swainsonii. Blue Bellied Lorikeet.
Date:
C1834
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
95mm
x 135mm
Frame Size:
234mm
x 300mm
Paper Size:
103mm
x 167mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1834
Description:
Scarce c.19th engraving of the Rainbow Lorikeet by Edward Lear.
From the Naturalist Library.
Collections:
University of California Libraries: doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.17346
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1046523
State Library New South Wales: T0030330
State Library Victoria: Record ID 999671103607636
State Library South Australia: Special Collection 590.8
First Capture: May 1770 Tupaia caught a rainbow lorikeet and took it abroad Cook’s Endeavour as a pet. It survived, outliving its owner who died on 26th December, 1770. Botany Bay.
First description: 3rd November 1774 This bird was brought over by Joseph Banks. Botany Bay Peter Brown. Sighting by First Fleeters April 1788We likewise saw several Blue-Bellied Parrot. This is a very beautiful bird and is very common species in various parts of New Holland and in great plenty both at Botany Bay and Port Jackson.Port Jackson John White.
Other common names: Rainbow Lorikeet, Blue-bellied Lorikeet, Blue Mountain Lorikeet.
Modern binomial name: Trichoglossus haematodus
First described: Linnaeus, 1771
Distribution: Australia wide
Distribution: Australia wide
Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
Lear was was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet. By the age of 16 was already drawing "for bread and cheese" and soon developed into a serious "ornithological draughtsman" employed by the Zoological Society and then from 1832 to 1836 by the Earl of Derby, who kept a private menagerie at his estate, Knowsley Hall. He was the first major bird artist to draw birds from real live birds, instead of skins. Lear's first publication, published when he was 19 years old, was Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots in 1830. One of the greatest ornithological artists of his era, he taught Elizabeth Gould whilst also contributing to John Gould's works and was compared favourably to the naturalist John James Audubon. His eyesight deteriorated too much, to work with such precision on the fine drawings and etchings.
