Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10532
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‘The Flamingo’
Date
1792
Creator
James Fittler (1758 - 1835, British) , Engraver
After
Charles Reuben Ryley (1747 - 1798, British) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
R63366
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 280mm
width (print): 216mm
width (print): 216mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus).
Plate 31 from Museum Leverianum containing select specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever...by George Shaw (published by James Parkinson, 1792).
The accompanying text states that: “It is a native of Africa, but is not unfrequently seen as an occasional visitant in many of the warmer parts of Europe. It is also a native of the West Indies.”
The plate is inscribed: “C.R.Ryley del. J.Fittler sculp. PHOENICOPTEMS RUBER. THE FLAMINGO. Pubd. as the Act directs.July 2 1792 by I.Parkinson. Leverian Museum.”
Plate 31 from Museum Leverianum containing select specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever...by George Shaw (published by James Parkinson, 1792).
The accompanying text states that: “It is a native of Africa, but is not unfrequently seen as an occasional visitant in many of the warmer parts of Europe. It is also a native of the West Indies.”
The plate is inscribed: “C.R.Ryley del. J.Fittler sculp. PHOENICOPTEMS RUBER. THE FLAMINGO. Pubd. as the Act directs.July 2 1792 by I.Parkinson. Leverian Museum.”
Object history
The natural historian George Shaw (1751-1813) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789. His book, from which this plate is taken, was an account of the collection built up by Sir Ashton Lever FRS (1729-1788). The museum was originally at Leicester House, London and was displayed publically after Lever’s death, moving to a rotunda building near Blackfriars Bridge.
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