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C1834
Platycercus Pennantii. Pennantian Broad-Tail. Native of New Holland. [Crimson Rosella]
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C19th engraving of a Crimson Rosella by Edward Lear. Modern common names Crimson Rosella, Yellow Rosella, Adelaide Rosella and Mountain Lowry. Modern binomial name Platycercus elegans First described Gmelin 1788 Distribution SA, VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS & QLD Reference Readers … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Platycercus Pennantii. Pennantian Broad-Tail. Native of New Holland. [Crimson Rosella]
Date:
C1834
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
95mm
x 155mm
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Genuine antique
dated:
1834
Description:
C19th engraving of a Crimson Rosella by Edward Lear.
Modern common names Crimson Rosella, Yellow Rosella, Adelaide Rosella and Mountain Lowry.
Modern binomial name Platycercus elegans
First described Gmelin 1788
Distribution SA, VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS & QLD
Reference Readers Digest Book of Birds 2nd ed 1986 Page: 302 ill.302
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.
