C1884

Jardine’s Parrot

Artist:

Alexander Francis Lydon (1836 - 1917)

The red-fronted parrot (Poicephalus gulielmi), also known as the Jardine’s parrot, is a medium-sized mainly green parrot endemic across wide areas of Africa. The first red-fronted parrot to be scientifically identified was named Congo Jack. The parrot was brought back … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Jardine’s Parrot

Date:

C1884

Artist:

Alexander Francis Lydon (1836 - 1917)

Condition:

Very minor spots, paper a little browned, otherwise in good condition.

Technique:

Colour printed engraving.

Image Size: 

200mm 
x 150mm
AUTHENTICITY
Jardine's Parrot - Antique Print from 1884

Genuine antique
dated:

1884

Description:

The red-fronted parrot (Poicephalus gulielmi), also known as the Jardine’s parrot, is a medium-sized mainly green parrot endemic across wide areas of Africa.

The first red-fronted parrot to be scientifically identified was named Congo Jack. The parrot was brought back live from the Congo to the United Kingdom by Sir William Jardine’s son on his return from a three-year cruise on the HMS Favourite. Congo Jack became tame and whistled and screamed, rather than talk. Sir William Jardine gave the species the binomial name Pionus Gulielmi after his son, William R.N. (Latin: Gulielmi means “William’s”), and published the description in 1849

Modern common name : Red-fronted parrot or Jardine’s Parrot

Modern binomial namePoicephalus gulielmi

Distribution : Africa

First described: Jardine 1849

From : Greene, Parrots in Captivity.

The first red-fronted parrot to be scientifically identified was named Congo Jack. The parrot was brought back from the Congo to the United Kingdom by Sir William Jardine’s son on his return from a three-year cruise on the HMS Favourite. Congo Jack became tame and whistled and screamed, rather than talk. Sir William Jardine gave the species the binomial name Pionus Gulielmi after his son, William R.N. (Latin: Gulielmi means “William’s”), and published the description in 1849

Biography:

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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