La Perruche à tête pourpe, mâle. [Parrot with crimson head, male.]
![Title: b'La Perruche \xc3\xa0 t\xc3\xaate pourpe, m\xc3\xa2le. [Parrot with crimson head, male.]' | Date: 1833 | Technique: b'engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured'](/media/cache/bd/b5/bdb50145647b7223c2619583541c3b6d.jpg)
Title
La Perruche à tête pourpe, mâle. [Parrot with crimson head, male.]
Date made
1833Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured
Text printed from matrix
Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'PERRUCHE Á TÉTE POURPE, MALE. / Port-du-Roi-Georges. / NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE'. Printed upper right above image in black ink, 'OISEAUX. - Pl.22'. Inscribed printed upper left above image in black ink, 'Voyage de L'Astrolabe - ZOOLOGIE'. Printed lower left below image in black ink, 'A. Prévost. pinx.' Printed lower left below image in black ink, 'J. Tastu éditr. [r in superscript]. Printed lower right below image in black ink, 'Massard sc.'.
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject categories
Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Collection: The Wordsworth collection of Western Australian colonial art, acquired 2010.
Legacy id
204606
Last Updated
09 Jan 2013