Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10034
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‘The Yellow-breasted Toucan’
Date
1761
Creator
George Edwards (1694 - 1773, British) , Ornithologist
Object type
Library reference
38029
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 288mm
width (print): 220mm
width (print): 220mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of a Central American Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus, shown perched on a low branch. There is a scale to the right of the bird as viewed.
Plate 329 from chapter 119 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 3 (London, for the author, 1764). The author describes the bird within the text: “This Bird was brought from Jamaica, where I believe it i not a native, but brought thither from the continent of America. Mr Cowel, in the Strand, near St. Clement’s, obliged me with a sight of it while alive, and in good feather and spirits: it was afterward presented to Lord Spencer. They are rarely brought to England alive...”
The plate is inscribed: “The yellow breasted Toucan drawn in its natural colours from the living Bird in London by G.Edwards AD 1759”.
Plate 329 from chapter 119 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 3 (London, for the author, 1764). The author describes the bird within the text: “This Bird was brought from Jamaica, where I believe it i not a native, but brought thither from the continent of America. Mr Cowel, in the Strand, near St. Clement’s, obliged me with a sight of it while alive, and in good feather and spirits: it was afterward presented to Lord Spencer. They are rarely brought to England alive...”
The plate is inscribed: “The yellow breasted Toucan drawn in its natural colours from the living Bird in London by G.Edwards AD 1759”.
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