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Lot Essay
The parrots painted here are examples taken from coloured engravings by Jacques Barraband, published in François Le Vaillant's Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, published by Levrault, Schoell & Company between 1794 and 1805.
Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) was considered the best artist of natural history of his generation, and posthumously in 1820, the German zoologist Heinrich Kuhl (1797-1821) commemorated him by naming a species of South American parrot after him, the Psittacus barrabandi.
François Le Vaillant (1763-1824) was an adventurer and explorer as well as a keen amateur ornithologist. He published widely on the subject of natural history and is credited with having described over five-hundred new species in his lifetime. His work was published by subscription and his text along with engravings of Barraband's individual watercolours were sent out to subscribers for over a decade.
Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) was considered the best artist of natural history of his generation, and posthumously in 1820, the German zoologist Heinrich Kuhl (1797-1821) commemorated him by naming a species of South American parrot after him, the Psittacus barrabandi.
François Le Vaillant (1763-1824) was an adventurer and explorer as well as a keen amateur ornithologist. He published widely on the subject of natural history and is credited with having described over five-hundred new species in his lifetime. His work was published by subscription and his text along with engravings of Barraband's individual watercolours were sent out to subscribers for over a decade.