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C1811
Nonpareil Parrakeet
Artist:
Moses Griffith (1747 - 1819)
The name Rosella was acorruption of ‘Rosehiller’, the name the early colonists gave the species, that had been found at Rose Hill. Shaw & Nodder common name The Nonpareil Parrot. Modern common name Eastern Rosella, White-cheeked Rosella Shaw & Nodder binomial name … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Nonpareil Parrakeet
Date:
C1811
Artist:
Moses Griffith (1747 - 1819)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving hand coloured
Image Size:
106mm
x 195mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1811
Description:
The name Rosella was acorruption of ‘Rosehiller’, the name the early colonists gave the species, that had been found at Rose Hill.
Shaw & Nodder common name The Nonpareil Parrot.
Modern common name Eastern Rosella, White-cheeked Rosella
Shaw & Nodder binomial name or protonym Psittacus eximius
Modern binomial name Platycercus eximius
First described Shaw 1792 Distribution Australia wide (mainland).
Reference Reader’s Digest Book of Birds 1982 Page: p.304-5, ill. 304 & 305
From Shaw’s General Zoology or systematic Natural History
Artist:
Moses Griffith (1747-1819)
Water-colour painter with no formal training but in 1769 he was engaged by Thomas Pennant who in discovering his aptitude as a draughtsman employed him to illustrate his tours. He then provided a number of illustrations for Pennant’s, Genera of Birds.
