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C1826
Ara. Kakatoes Noir. Argus
Artist:
CharlesVauthier (1790 - 1879)
Early C19th engraving of the Australian Palm Cockatoo, the rarest of our cockatoos. Common name: Great Palm-CuckooBinomial name: Probosciger aterrimusFirst described: Gmelin 1788.Distribution: Cape York, QLD. From Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dictionnaire Classique D’Historie Naturelle.
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Full Title:
Ara. Kakatoes Noir. Argus
Date:
C1826
Artist:
CharlesVauthier (1790 - 1879)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Stipple engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
105mm
x 165mm
Paper Size:
140mm
x 210mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1826
Description:
Early C19th engraving of the Australian Palm Cockatoo, the rarest of our cockatoos.
Common name: Great Palm-Cuckoo
Binomial name: Probosciger aterrimus
First described: Gmelin 1788.Distribution: Cape York, QLD.
From Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dictionnaire Classique D’Historie Naturelle.
Biography:
Charles Vauthier (1790-1879 was a French entomologist, botanist, author and natural history illustrator. His brother Jules-Antoine Vauthier was also a prominent artist of his day. Their father was Michel Vauthier, a miniaturist at Versailles and later a publisher and art dealer in Paris. Vauthier was a collector of plants and insects in Brazil, arriving in Rio de Janeiro in December 1831 and returning to France, arriving at the port of Toulon on 21 May 1833.
