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C1917
Purpureicephalus spurius. (Red-capped Pa…
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Superb lithograph with original hand colouring of the Red-capped Parrot from the last great series on Australian ornithology, The Birds of Australia, by G. Matthew’s. The species was described in 1820 by Heinrich Kuhl, as Psittacus spurius, from an immature … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Purpureicephalus spurius. (Red-capped Parrot)
Date:
C1917
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph with original hand colouring and gum Arabic highlights.
Image Size:
165mm
x 254mm
Paper Size:
245mm
x 352mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1917
Description:
Superb lithograph with original hand colouring of the Red-capped Parrot from the last great series on Australian ornithology, The Birds of Australia, by G. Matthew’s.
The species was described in 1820 by Heinrich Kuhl, as Psittacus spurius, from an immature specimen collected at Albany, Western Australia by the Baudin expedition (1801–1803) and deposited at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. This series is rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets made. It was the last series produced using the laborious process of hand colouring of each individual lithograph.
Modern binomial name: Purpureicephalus spurius
First described: Kuhl, 1820
Distribution: WA
References:
Anker, J. Bird Books and Bird Art. Amsterdam 1979: 328
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995 : IVB 605
Collections: State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers: MRB/F598.2/M
State Library Victoria: RARESF 598.2994 M42
State Library of Western Australia: Call Number Q 598.2994 MAT State Library South Australia: Rare Books Room 598.294 M429 National Library Australia: Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK9772 State Library Queensland: RBF 598.2994 National Museum of Australia: Call no: AIA F 598.2994 MA
Roland J. Green (1896 - 1972)
English bird artist, who produced numerous bird studies in watercolours and oils. Green remained a bachelor throughout his life, making his home in a disused drainage mill at Hickling in Norfolk. He set many of his bird paintings in the Broads, capturing some of the wild beauty of this region in his distinctive style. Roland Green was born in Kent, the son of a taxidermist, who trained him in the skinning, stuffing and setting up birds, thereby instilling an extensive knowledge of anatomy and plumage. He showed an early aptitude for drawing and painting birds. Educated in Rochester and at the Regent Street Polytechnic, he was a skilled bird and mammal painter, holding annual exhibitions of his paintings and etchings. The subjects of his etchings were snipe, Canada geese, mallard and kingfishers. He also gave lectures on bird watching and the drawing of birds, with an emphasis on birds in flight. He spent a great deal of time in the reedbeds, creating the mistaken impression of being unsociable, but his talks to pupils at various schools dispelled that notion.
