C1834

Macrocercus Ararauna. Blue and Yellow Maccaw.

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Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of the magnificent Blue-and-yellow macaw. Modern binomial name: Ara ararauna First described: Linnaeus, 1758 Distribution: Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay From: Naturalist Library. Collections: University of California Libraries: doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.17346 National Library Australia: Bib ID 1046523 State … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Macrocercus Ararauna. Blue and Yellow Maccaw.

Date:

C1834

Artist:

Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Copper engraving with original hand colouring.

Image Size:

93mm

x 130mm

Paper Size:

102mm

x 168mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1834

Description:

Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of the magnificent Blue-and-yellow macaw.

Modern binomial name: Ara ararauna

First described: Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution: Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay

From: Naturalist Library.

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

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.

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