[Psittacus Paradisi ex Cuba] [Frutex Lauri folio pendulo, fructa tricocco, semine nigro splendente]
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
[Printed for Benjamin White, ...]
Image date:
[1731-1743]
Image function:
plate 10; vol. 1
Technique:
etching, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
35.1 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
26.3 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
53.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
35.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Inscription:
null
Languages:
Latin, English
Description:
Cuban parrot on the branch of a redwood tree.
Source creator:
Catesby, Mark , 1683-1749
Source Title:
The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants ... Tome I
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed for Benjamin White, at Horace's Head, in Fleetstreet
Source date:
MDCCLXXI [1771]
notes:
Originally published : London: 1731-1743; 1771 edition revised by George Edwards, 1694-1773. The hand-colored illustrations were etched by the author from his own drawings. Title from facing page.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject headings:
Natural history--Pictorial works
Subject matter:
parrot of paradise, Amazona leucocephala, red-wood tree, smooth snake-bark tree, Colubrina elliptica, Linnaeus, Linnaean Index
References exhibitions:
Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, 1991, Item 20a.
