C1884

Beautiful or Paradise Parrakeet.

Modern common name: Paradise parrot Modern binomial name: Psephotus pulcherrimus First described: Gould 1845 Distribution: Presumed extinct, last sighting was in 1921 when C.H.Jerrard, a cattleman in the Burnett River Region reported having found an occupied nest. To prove his … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Beautiful or Paradise Parrakeet.

Date:

C1884

Condition:

In good condition

Technique:

Colour printed engraving.

Image Size: 

115mm 
x 195mm

Paper Size: 

170mm 
x 249mm
AUTHENTICITY
Beautiful or Paradise Parrakeet. - Antique Print from 1884

Genuine antique
dated:

1884

Description:

Modern common name: Paradise parrot

Modern binomial name: Psephotus pulcherrimus
First described: Gould 1845

Distribution: Presumed extinct, last sighting was in 1921 when C.H.Jerrard, a cattleman in the Burnett River Region reported having found an occupied nest. To prove his claim, he sent photographs of birds at their nest in a termite mound. Today these photographs remain the only ones of the living birds ever taken. First described by Gould Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1838.

 

References:
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995: Nissen IVB 393.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 :: 10071.


Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2338060

Alexander Francis Lydon (1836 - 1917)

English watercolour artist, illustrator and engraver of natural history and landscapes. He collaborated and worked for Benjamin Fawcett the printer, to whom he had been apprenticed from the age of fourteen.

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