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C1893
Satin Bower-Birds and Nest.
Artist:
C19th engraving of the Satin Bower Bird in front of his bower. Common names: Satin Bowerbird & Satin bird. Modern binomial name: Ptilonorhynchus violaceus First described: Vieillot 1816 Distribution: VIC NSW & QLD
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Full Title:
Satin Bower-Birds and Nest.
Date:
C1893
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
127mm
x 110mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1893
Description:
C19th engraving of the Satin Bower Bird in front of his bower.
Common names: Satin Bowerbird & Satin bird.
Modern binomial name: Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
First described: Vieillot 1816
Distribution: VIC NSW & QLD
Friedrich Specht (1839 - 1909)
Specht was a German painter and natural history illustrator. He provided illustrations of animals and landscapes for a large number of zoology and veterinary science publications, notably for the first edition of Brehms Tierleben (1864–69), Brockhaus and Efron Encloclopedic Dictionary (1890—1907), Karl Christoph Vogt's Die Säugetiere in Wort und Bild (1883–89) and Richard Lydekker's Royal Natural History (1893–96).
