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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
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 name : Poicephalus 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.
