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C1805
Psittacus undulatus. The Undulated parrakeet. (Budgerigar)
The first illustration of a Budgerigar. 1805 Shaw’s first description The highly elegant species of Parrakeet represented on the present plate in its natural size, is an inhabitant of New Holland. New Holland George Shaw 1838 First capture On arriving at Brezi, … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Psittacus undulatus. The Undulated parrakeet. (Budgerigar)
Date:
C1805
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
125mm
x 170mm
Frame Size:
370mm
x 460mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1805
Description:
The first illustration of a Budgerigar.
1805 Shaw’s first description
The highly elegant species of Parrakeet represented on the present plate in its natural size, is an inhabitant of New Holland. New Holland George Shaw
1838 First capture On arriving at Brezi, to the north of Liverpool Plains. in the beginning of December, I found myself surrounded by nymbers, breeding in all the hollow spouts of the large Eucalytpus bordering the Mokai… Liverpool Plains, N.S.W. John Gould.
Modern common Budgerigar
Modern binomial name Melopsittacus undulatus
First described 1805 Geoge Shaw
Distribution Australia wide.
From Shaw’s, Vivarium naturae or The Naturalists’ miscellany.
Frederick Polydore Nodder (1751 - 1800)
Nodder was an English natural history artist of plants, animals and fauna. He was botanical artist to Queen Charlotte and also worked for Joseph Banks on the monumental publication of the botanical specimens collected on James Cook's first voyage. Known as Banks' Florilegium, it was never printed during Bank's lifetime.
