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C1834
Macrocercus Militaris. The Great Green Maccaw. Native of Mexico & Peru.
Artist:
Scarce c.19th engraving of the Military macaw by Edward Lear. Modern binomial name: Ara militaris First described: Linnaeus, 1766 Distribution: Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela Collections: University of California Libraries: doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.17346 National Library Australia: Bib ID 1046523 State Library … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Macrocercus Militaris. The Great Green Maccaw. Native of Mexico & Peru.
Date:
C1834
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
87mm
x 155mm
Paper Size:
105mm
x 167mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1834
Description:
Scarce c.19th engraving of the Military macaw by Edward Lear.
Modern binomial name: Ara militaris
First described: Linnaeus, 1766
Distribution: Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela
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.
