‘The red headed cuckow’
Date
1790
Creator
Peter Mazell (1721, Irish) , Engraver
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 185mm
width (page): 245mm
height (print): 155mm
width (print): 195mm
width (page): 245mm
height (print): 155mm
width (print): 195mm
Subject
Biology
> Zoology
> Ornithology
Biology
> Natural history
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> Colonialism
> Zoology
> Ornithology
Biology
> Natural history
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> Colonialism
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the red-faced malkoha, Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus, referred to here as Cuculus pyrrhocephalus. It is shown in right profile, perched on a branch, with a green hillside visible behind it.
Inscribed below: ‘THE RED HEADED CUCKOW’.
Written in the associated description: ‘The bill is much arched, strong, and of a greenish-yellow color: the crown of the head, and part of the cheeks, are of a bright crimson, entirely surrounded by a band of white.’
Plate 5 from Thomas Pennant’s Indian Zoology (London, 1790), printed by Henry Hughs for Robert Faulder.
Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), British naturalist, traveller, and writer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767. Best known for his published accounts of tours throughout the British Isles. He never travelled outside of Europe and his account of Indian Zoology was gleamed from drawings brought back by Joan Gideon Loten (1710-1789), a servant in the colonies of the Dutch East India Company and 29th Governor of Sri Lanka, then Ceylon.
Inscribed below: ‘THE RED HEADED CUCKOW’.
Written in the associated description: ‘The bill is much arched, strong, and of a greenish-yellow color: the crown of the head, and part of the cheeks, are of a bright crimson, entirely surrounded by a band of white.’
Plate 5 from Thomas Pennant’s Indian Zoology (London, 1790), printed by Henry Hughs for Robert Faulder.
Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), British naturalist, traveller, and writer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767. Best known for his published accounts of tours throughout the British Isles. He never travelled outside of Europe and his account of Indian Zoology was gleamed from drawings brought back by Joan Gideon Loten (1710-1789), a servant in the colonies of the Dutch East India Company and 29th Governor of Sri Lanka, then Ceylon.
Related fellows
Thomas Pennant (1726 - 1798, Welsh) , Naturalist
Joan Gideon Loten (1710 - 1789) , Colonial administrator
Joan Gideon Loten (1710 - 1789) , Colonial administrator
Associated place