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Image number: RS.10036
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‘The Pompadour’ [Pompadour cotinga]
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 the South American Pompadour cotinga Xipholena punicea.
Plate 341 from chapter 131 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 is one of those Birds taken in a French prize by the now Right Honourable Earl Ferrers. They were said to be for Madam Pompadour. It being a Bird of excessive beauty, I hope that Lady will forgive me for calling it by her name. It is a native of Cayana in South-America.”
The plate is inscribed: “The Pompadore, drawn from nature of the size of Life, by George Edwards. May 30 AD 1759.”
Plate 341 from chapter 131 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 is one of those Birds taken in a French prize by the now Right Honourable Earl Ferrers. They were said to be for Madam Pompadour. It being a Bird of excessive beauty, I hope that Lady will forgive me for calling it by her name. It is a native of Cayana in South-America.”
The plate is inscribed: “The Pompadore, drawn from nature of the size of Life, by George Edwards. May 30 AD 1759.”
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