C1834

Plyctolophus Leadbeateri. Tricolour-cres…

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Scarce c.19th engraving of a Major Mitchell Cockatoo by Edward Lear. Named in honour of Major Sir Thomas Mitchell, who wrote, “Few birds more enliven the monotonous hues of the Australian forest than this beautiful species whose pink-coloured wings and … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Plyctolophus Leadbeateri. Tricolour-crested Cockatoo.

Date:

C1834

Artist:

Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Copper engraving with original hand colouring.

Image Size:

98mm

x 150mm

Paper Size:

103mm

x 167mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1834

Description:

From the Naturalist Library.

Common names: Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo & Leadbeater’s Cockatoo
Aboriginal name: Gagalarrin in Yuwaalaraay
Modern binomial name: Lophochroa leadbeateri

First described: Vigors, 1831

Distribution: Australia wide (mainland).

Collections:
University of California Libraries: doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.17346
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1046523
State Library New South Wales: T0030330
State Library Victoria: Record ID 999671103607636
State Library South Australia: Special Collection 590.8

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.

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