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C1834
Calyptorynchus Stellatus. / Stellated Geringore / …
Artist:
Scarce c.19th engraving of the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo. The first sighting of the Red-tailed black Cockatoo was made on 4th July 1770 by Sydney Parkinson at Endeavour River while the ship the Endeavour was being careened for repairs, near present day Cooktown. … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Calyptorynchus Stellatus. / Stellated Geringore / Native of Australia.
Date:
C1834
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
85mm
x 135mm
Paper Size:
103mm
x 165mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1834
Description:
Scarce c.19th engraving of the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo.
The first sighting of the Red-tailed black Cockatoo was made on 4th July 1770 by Sydney Parkinson at Endeavour River while the ship the Endeavour was being careened for repairs, near present day Cooktown. A specimen was taken back to England by Joseph Banks and from this, the first scientific description was made by John Latham in 1790.
Other common names: Banksian Cockatoo, Red-Tailed Cockatoo
Aboriginal names: A-Rdarrabiyah in Ngandi, Biliirr in Yuwaalayaay and Gamilaraay, Gamilaroi and Kamilaroi, Biliirr in Yuwaalaraay, Blek Krela in Kriol
Aboriginal names: A-Rdarrabiyah in Ngandi, Biliirr in Yuwaalayaay and Gamilaraay, Gamilaroi and Kamilaroi, Biliirr in Yuwaalaraay, Blek Krela in Kriol
Modern binomial name: Calyptorhynchus banksii
First described: Latham: 1790
Distribution: Australian mainland
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
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
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.
