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C1834
Nanodes Undulatus. Undulated Nanodes.
Artist:
Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of the budgerigar. From: Naturalist Library. Aboriginal names: Gidjirrigaa in Yuwaalaraay, Gidjirrigaa in Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi, Gidjirrigaa in Yuwaalayaay Modern binomial name: Melopsittacus undulatus First described: George Shaw, 1805 Distribution: Australia wide. Collections: National Library … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Nanodes Undulatus. Undulated Nanodes.
Date:
C1834
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
87mm
x 140mm
Paper Size:
103mm
x 167mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1834
Description:
Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of the budgerigar.
From: Naturalist Library.
Aboriginal names: Gidjirrigaa in Yuwaalaraay, Gidjirrigaa in Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi, Gidjirrigaa in Yuwaalayaay
Modern binomial name: Melopsittacus undulatus
First described: George Shaw, 1805
Distribution: Australia wide.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 1735723
TROVE- Australian libraries, universities, museums, galleries and archives: Not found
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.
