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Image number: RS.10035
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‘The Great Crowned Indian Pigeon’
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 Victoria Crowned Pigeon Goura Victoria.
Plate 338 from chapter 128 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: “The original is one of those that Governor Loten before-mentioned caused to be drawn from the life in India, and is now deposited, with many others brought from thence, in the British Museum. Mr. Loten brought several of them alive from India, and presented them to the late Princess Royal of Great-Britain, Dowager Princess of Orange &c. It is a native of the Island of Banda, where they call it a Kroon-Vogel...”
The plate is inscribed: “The great crowned pigeon from the Island of Banda in the East Indies. Geo. Edwards sculp October the 8th AD 1761.”
Plate 338 from chapter 128 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: “The original is one of those that Governor Loten before-mentioned caused to be drawn from the life in India, and is now deposited, with many others brought from thence, in the British Museum. Mr. Loten brought several of them alive from India, and presented them to the late Princess Royal of Great-Britain, Dowager Princess of Orange &c. It is a native of the Island of Banda, where they call it a Kroon-Vogel...”
The plate is inscribed: “The great crowned pigeon from the Island of Banda in the East Indies. Geo. Edwards sculp October the 8th AD 1761.”
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