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C1893
Australian Brush-Turkeys
Artist:
Friedrich Specht (1839 - 1909)
C19th engraving of the Australian Brush Turkey, Common name: Australian Brush Turkey, Brush Turkey. Binomial name: Alectura lathami First described: Gray 1831 Distribution: QLD & NSW First recorded sighting of the Australian Brush Turkey was made by Sydney Parkinson artist abroad … Read Full Description
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S/N: TRNH-4439-BI-AA–219018
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Full Title:
Australian Brush-Turkeys
Date:
C1893
Artist:
Friedrich Specht (1839 - 1909)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
130mm
x 150mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1893
Description:
C19th engraving of the Australian Brush Turkey,
Common name: Australian Brush Turkey, Brush Turkey.
Binomial name: 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 and his account;
“…a bird like a Tetrao, having wattles of a fine ultramarine colour, and whose beak and legs were black.”
ENDEAVOUR RIVER, QLD. Sydney Parkinson
Artist:
Friedrich Specht (1839-1909)
German painter and natural history illustrator. He provided illustrations of animals and landscapes for a large number of zoology and veterinary science publications, notably for the first edition of Brehms Tierleben (1864–69) , Brockhaus and Efron Encloclopedic Dictionary (1890—1907), Karl Christoph Vogt’s Die Säugetiere in Wort und Bild (1883–89) and Richard Lydekker’s Royal Natural History (1893–96).
