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C1884
Red Shining Parrakeet.
Fine colour engraving of the Crimson Shining Parrot. Other common names: Kadavu musk parrot Modern binomial name: Prosopeia splendens first described: Peale, 1849 Distribution: Fiji and Tonga. The species is found on the islands of Kadavu and Ono in the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Red Shining Parrakeet.
Date:
C1884
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Colour printed engraving.
Image Size:
135mm
x 200mm
Paper Size:
165mm
x 249mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1884
Description:
Fine colour engraving of the Crimson Shining Parrot.
Other common names: Kadavu musk parrot
Modern binomial name: Prosopeia splendens
first described: Peale, 1849
Distribution: Fiji and Tonga. The species is found on the islands of Kadavu and Ono in the Kadavu Group.
References:
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995 Nissen IVB 393.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 10071.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2338060
Alexander Francis Lydon (1836 - 1917)
English watercolour artist, illustrator and engraver of natural history and landscapes. He collaborated and worked for Benjamin Fawcett the printer, to whom he had been apprenticed from the age of fourteen.
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