Lot Essay
This parrot has been introduced to numerous parts of the world and has been recently established in the suburbs of London.
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Psittacula krameri (Ring-necked Parrakeet)
Details
Jacques Barraband (1767/8-1809)
Psittacula krameri (Ring-necked Parrakeet)
signed and numbered 'Barraband fecit/22' (lower centre)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, framed
16½ x 11¾ in. (42.2 x 30 cm.)
Psittacula krameri (Ring-necked Parrakeet)
signed and numbered 'Barraband fecit/22' (lower centre)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, framed
16½ x 11¾ in. (42.2 x 30 cm.)
Provenance
Marcel Jeanson.
Engraved
F. Levaillant, Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, Paris, 1801-5, vol. I, pl. 22.