Lot Essay
For a note on Lear and his illustrations for The Naturalist's Library, see lot 74.
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A Great Green Macaw, Macrocercus Militaris, an illustration for Sir William Jardine's The Naturalist's Library
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Edward Lear (1812-1888)
A Great Green Macaw, Macrocercus Militaris, an illustration for Sir William Jardine's The Naturalist's Library
signed 'E. Lear. del.' (centre right, below the branch) and inscribed 'plate 5' (lower left) and '/Macrocercus Militaris.' (lower right), and further inscribed 'S America - The Andes' (upper left)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with gum arabic
7 x 4¼ in. [17.9 x 10.9 cm.]
A Great Green Macaw, Macrocercus Militaris, an illustration for Sir William Jardine's The Naturalist's Library
signed 'E. Lear. del.' (centre right, below the branch) and inscribed 'plate 5' (lower left) and '/Macrocercus Militaris.' (lower right), and further inscribed 'S America - The Andes' (upper left)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with gum arabic
7 x 4¼ in. [17.9 x 10.9 cm.]
Provenance
Sir William Jardine, and by descent in the family from whom purchased by
Christopher E. Dalgety; Sotheby's, London, 13 June 1961, lot 218.
with Agnew's, London, 1962.
Christopher E. Dalgety; Sotheby's, London, 13 June 1961, lot 218.
with Agnew's, London, 1962.
Literature
W.H. Lizars, The Naturalist's Library, 1843, vol. XVIII, pl. v.
Exhibited
Agnew's, London and Edinburgh, 89th Annual Exhibition of Watercolour Drawings, 1962, no. 94.
Engraved
P.J. Selby, The Naturalist's Library, 1843.
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