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Tricolour crested cockatoo

William LIZARS (engraver), Edward LEAR (after)
Tricolour crested cockatoo
(Plyctolophus leadbeateri)
 (c. 1835)
plate 15 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 engraving

Measurements
15.7 × 9.2 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1951

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Edinburgh, Scotland

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: PLATE 15.
printed in ink l.l.: E. Lear del.
printed in ink l.c.: PLYCTOLOPHUS LEADBEATERI. / Tricolour Crested Cockatoo
printed in ink l.r.: Lizars sc.

Accession Number
2916B-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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