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The great green macaw

The great green macaw
(Macrocercus militaris)
(c. 1835)
plate 5 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
15.8 × 8.6 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 5.
printed in ink l.l.: E. Lear delt.
printed in ink l.c.: MACROCERCUS MILITARIS. / The Great Green Maccaw. / native of Mexico & Peru
printed in ink l.r. Lizars sc.

Accession Number
2916C-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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