IMAGE
Artist unknown :Nestorpapagei. [1870s?]
- Date
- 1870 - 1879
- Reference
- A-436-003
- Description
Shows a kea (above) and a kaka (below). The kea is perched on a rock, with its wings raised, showing the red colouring beneath. The kaka is perched on the branch of a flowering puriri tree.
The body position of each bird is a mirror image of the illustration by Keulemans in A history of the birds of New Zealand. 1st ed. (London, 1873) opp. p.52. However the birds are arranged vertically within the image.
Other Titles - Nestor parrot
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 205 x 136 mm, on sheet 252 x 164 mm.
Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, August 2010.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Chromolithographs, Scientific illustrations, Chromolithograph, 205 x 136 mm, on sheet 252 x 164 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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