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C1835
Alectura Lathami.
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Superb coloured etching by Edward Lear of the Australian Brush Turkey, Modern common name: Australian Brush Turkey, Brush Turkey.Modern binomial name:Â Alectura lathami First described: Gray 1831Distribution: QLD & NSW FIRST RECORDED SIGHTING of the Australian Brush Turkey was made by … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Alectura Lathami.
Date:
C1835
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In good condition.
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Genuine antique
dated:
1835
Description:
Superb coloured etching by Edward Lear of the Australian Brush Turkey,
Modern common name: Australian Brush Turkey, Brush Turkey.
Modern binomial name:Â Alectura lathami
First described: Gray 1831
Distribution: QLD & NSW
FIRST RECORDED SIGHTING of the Australian Brush Turkey was made by Sydney Parkinson artist abroad James Cook’s first voyage.
on the 4th July 1770
“…a bird like a Tetrao, having wattles of a fine ultramarine colour, and whose beak and legs were black.”ENDEAVOUR RIVER, QLD. Sydney ParkinsonÂ
From Prideaux John Selby (1788-1867) Illustrations of Ornithology.
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.
