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C1884
Red-Winged Parrakeet
Artist:
Alexander Francis Lyndon (1836 - 1917)
Superb colour engraving of the Red-winged parrot. Modern binomial name: Aprosmictus erythropterus First described; Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748) Distribution: From the Pilbara, Western Australia to Cape York Peninsula, Queensland (to be seen almost all over Queensland), northern New South Wales and as … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Red-Winged Parrakeet
Date:
C1884
Artist:
Alexander Francis Lyndon (1836 - 1917)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Colour printed engraving.
Image Size:
140mm
x 210mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1884
Description:
Superb colour engraving of the Red-winged parrot.
Modern binomial name: Aprosmictus erythropterus
First described; Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748)
Distribution: From the Pilbara, Western Australia to Cape York Peninsula, Queensland (to be seen almost all over Queensland), northern New South Wales and as south as northeast South Australia. They are occasionally spotted in Papua New Guinea. These birds inhabit riverine forests, forest edges, acacia scrub, savanna, mangroves, and farmlands. They are seen often in pairs or flocks near water.
DCPOB Pg 293
Biography:
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.
