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William Lizars (engraver)
Edward Lear (after)
Tricolour crested cockatoo (Plyctolophus leadbeateri) (c. 1835)
hand-coloured engraving
15.7 × 9.2 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1951
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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
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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