Lot 7169: Edward Lear - 3 parrot engravings 1836
Lear
These original hand-coloured steel engravings are from Parrots, Volume X of the Naturalist’s Library series, published by Chatto & Windus, London 1836.The parrots were drawn by Edward Lear and engraved by the eminent Edinburgh engraver WH Lizars.
The plates in this lot comprise: Goliah Aratoo, Pesquet’s Dasyptilus & Papuan Lory.
Lear assisted Prideaux John Selby with illustrations for his work on parrots for Sir William Jardine’s Naturalist’s Library. WH Lizars engraved each finely detailed specimen in its natural habitat. Only the bird was hand-coloured. These small nature portraits are some of the finest ever produced or a perfect combination of science and art. Edward Lear (1812-1888) worked as a scientific artist for the Zoological Society in London. Between 1830 and 1832 Lear painted and lithographed parrots for his publication, Illustrations of the Family Psittacidae, or Parrots, which resulted in his being elected an associate of the Linnaean Society.
Size: 4in x 6.5in (10cm x 17cm).
Condition report:
The prints are in excellent condition on thick, high quality paper. Please inspect the images carefully
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