The Green Parrot of Botany Bay, 1 March 1797 / drawing attributed to Sydenham Edwards, engraved by B...
The Green Parrot of Botany Bay, 1 March 1797 / drawing attributed to Sydenham Edwards, engraved by B...
The Green Parrot of Botany Bay, 1 March 1797 / drawing attributed to Sydenham Edwards, engraved by Barlow
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
London : 1 March 1797
Call Numbers
SV/254
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 19.0 x 12.5 cm - engraving, hand-coloured
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The hand-coloured print depicts a parrot from the Sydney region, possibly a Superb Parrot, also known as a Barraband’s Parakeet, or Green Leek Parrot, which is native to southeastern Australia. It is perched on a branch; however it is surrounded by distinctly English plants and background scene.
Alternative Titles
Full title
The Green Parrot of Botany Bay, 1 March 1797 / drawing attributed to Sydenham Edwards, engraved by Barlow
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:a6965001...
Attributions / Conjectures
Drawing attributed to Sydenham Edwards
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House, October 2012
Administrative / Biographical history
Sydenham Edwards (1768 – 8 February 1819) was a British natural history illustrator. After about two years' training, Edwards's work began to appear in Curtis's prestigious Botanical Magazine. His signature is noted first in 1788 on the drawing of a carnation. For the next twenty-seven years nearly all the plates in the journal were Edwards's work....
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SV/254
Record Identifier
YezdQ3L9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezdQ3L9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
999625
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