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C1893
Phillip Island Parrot.
Small c.19th engraving of the extinct Norfolk Island Parrot. It was first described by the naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Georg following the discovery of Norfolk Island by James Cook on 10 October 1774. The first formal scientific … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Phillip Island Parrot.
Date:
C1893
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
83mm
x 135mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1893
Description:
Small c.19th engraving of the extinct Norfolk Island Parrot.
It was first described by the naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Georg following the discovery of Norfolk Island by James Cook on 10 October 1774. The first formal scientific description was published in 1836 by John Gould.
Commons names: Norfolk Island Kaka, Norfolk Island Parrot.
Modern binomial name: Nestor productus
First scientific description: Gould 1836
Gustav Ludwig Heinrich Mutzel (1839 - 1893)
Mutzel was a German artist, famous for his mammal and bird paintings, including the illustrations for the second edition of Alfred Edmund Brehm's Thierleben and Richard Lydekker's The Royal Natural History. He was the son of the painter Heinrich Mutzel and his wife Luise Pauline Friedrichs. He attended the French high school in his hometown. Subsequently Mutzel began to study at the Academy of Art at age 18 and was, amongst others, a pupil of the painter Eduard Daege. On 1 November 1865 Mützel married Anna Schönherr in Berlin and raised three children; Hans, Walter and Gertrud. Mützel and his wife settled in Königsberg in the Neumark, where he was active as photographer. To keep up with the latest technical developments in photography Mützel and his family moved to Berlin in 1870. After the Franco-German War Mützel started illustrating some of the more important encyclopedias of the time. He created a large number of illustrations for the German Ornithological Society, having been a member since 1874. Mutzel's diverse interests led also to his membership of the German Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory and the Association of Berlin artists. The Nielsen's che Choral Society awarded him with an honorary membership. Gustav Mutzel died on 29 October 1893.
