The Large Green Parrot of The West Indies Hand-Colored and Engraved, 1749

Name: The Large Green Parrot of The West Indies Hand-Colored and Engraved, 1749
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13674-3
Price: 660 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1749
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 37 × 25 cm (14.6 × 9.8 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition with the original hand coloring still very vivid and vibrant. The paper is chain-lined with strong plate marks and watermark. General age related toning and minor foxing. Study the images carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: The West Indies
Reference: BG-13674-3

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The large green parrot of the West Indies, an original hand-colored copper engraving from Johann Michael Seligmann's bird series, published in Nuremberg in 1749. The plate is lettered "Der grosse grüne Papagey aus West-Indien" at the top, with "Tab. LVII." at the upper right, and the Latin and French names at the foot: "Psittacus viridis major, Occidentalis" and "Le Grand Perroquet Verd des Indes Occidentales."

The parrot sits upright on a gnarled branch, turned to the left. Its plumage is green with yellow edging on the breast feathers, a flush of orange at the throat and shoulder, a bluish patch at the face, and red and blue touches on the wing and tail. Grasses and low plants grow at the foot of the branch, with a few dry twigs rising behind.

The credits below the image read "G. Edwards ad vivum delin." (drawn from life by George Edwards), "J.M. Seligmann excudit" and a line for the engraver, Johann Sebastian Leitner, with the imperial privilege "Cum Priv. Sac. Caes. Majestatis" printed between. The plate follows Edwards, the English naturalist whose drawings Seligmann reissued for continental readers.

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