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C1735
The Crested Parrot or Cockatoo.
Artist:
Eleazar Albin (fl.1690 - c1742)
Rare copper engraving of the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo. From Eleazar Albin, The Natural History of Birds.
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Full Title:
The Crested Parrot or Cockatoo.
Date:
C1735
Artist:
Eleazar Albin (fl.1690 - c1742)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
195mm
x 255mm
Paper Size:
230mm
x 292mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1735
Description:
Rare copper engraving of the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo.
From Eleazar Albin, The Natural History of Birds.
Biography:
Eleazar Albin (fl.1690-c.1742)
Albin was an English naturalist and watercolourist illustrator who wrote and illustrated a number of books including A Natural History of English Insects, A Natural History of Birds, and The Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects. He has been described as one of the “great entomological book illustrators of the 18th century”.
