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C1811
Tabuan Parrakeet.
Artist:
Moses Griffith (1747 - 1819)
Superb early engraving of the Crimson Rosella Common names: King Parrot, Southern King Parrot, King LoryModern binomial name: Alisterus scapularisFirst described: Lichtenstein 1816.Distribution: VIC NSW & QLD Reference Reader’s Digest Book of Birds 2nd ed 1986 Page: 293, ill. 292 From George Shaw’s, & General Zoology … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Tabuan Parrakeet.
Date:
C1811
Artist:
Moses Griffith (1747 - 1819)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
110mm
x 175mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1811
Description:
Superb early engraving of the Crimson Rosella
Common names: King Parrot, Southern King Parrot, King Lory
Modern binomial name: Alisterus scapularis
First described: Lichtenstein 1816.
Distribution: VIC NSW & QLD
Reference Reader’s Digest Book of Birds 2nd ed 1986 Page: 293, ill. 292
From George Shaw’s, & General Zoology or Systematic Natural History.
Biography:
Moses Griffith (1747-1819)
Water-colour painter with no formal training but in 1769 he was engaged by Thomas Pennant who in discovering his aptitude as a draughtsman employed him to illustrate his tours. He then provided a number of illustrations for Pennant’s, Genera of Birds.
