William LIZARS (engraver), Edward LEAR (after)
Patagonian arara
(Arara patagonica)
(c. 1835)
plate 4 from The Natural History of Parrots by Prideaux John Selby and William Turner (or The Naturalist’s Library: Ornithology vol VI Parrots), published by W. H. Lizars, London and Edinburgh, 1836

Medium
hand-coloured etching

Measurements
16.2 × 9.5 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1951

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Edinburgh, Scotland

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: PLATE 4.
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: E. Lear delt.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: ARARA PATAGONICA: / Patagonian Arara
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: Lizars sc.

Accession Number
2916A-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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William LIZARS (engraver), Edward LEAR (after) Patagonian arara (Arara patagonica) (c. 1835) plate 4 from The Natural History of Parrots by Prideaux John Selby and William Turner (or The Naturalist’s Library: Ornithology vol VI Parrots), published by W. H. Lizars, London and Edinburgh, 1836

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William LIZARS (engraver), Edward LEAR (after)
Patagonian arara
(Arara patagonica)
(c. 1835)
plate 4 from The Natural History of Parrots by Prideaux John Selby and William Turner (or The Naturalist’s Library: Ornithology vol VI Parrots), published by W. H. Lizars, London and Edinburgh, 1836