Engraving from 1849 - Yellow-Crested Cockatoo by E. Travies - bird plate

✨ Authentic engraving from 1849 (177 years ago!). This is not a modern reproduction, but a genuine antique engraving. ✨ Subject: Yellow-Crested Parakeet. 🌿 Artist: Edouard Travies. 🌿 Size: 15 X 24 cm. 🌿 Edition: 1849. 🌿 Condition: very good, with some usual signs of age. The artist of the work is Édouard Traviès de Villers (1809 - 1876), a French animal painter, illustrator, and lithographer, particularly known for his representations of birds and insects. The engraving is taken from the Atlas of the Natural History Dictionary by Charles d’Orbigny, a 19th-century scientific work that brings together plates and detailed descriptions of the animal and plant kingdoms. Combining scientific rigor and artistic quality, each engraving accurately illustrates natural diversity, making this dictionary a pedagogical and decorative document, ideal for framing and collecting. This parakeet features a head of bright yellow contrasting with vibrant green plumage. Its wings, speckled with blue, give it a particular brilliance. Its liveliness and loud calls make it very expressive. 🌸 Secure shipping: Rigid protection to ensure the condition upon arrival. 🌸 Bulk purchase: Discounts available for the purchase of multiple plates. Contact me to optimise shipping costs. 🌸 More choices in my shop - Browse my other lithographs and prints for more botany and zoology. Reference: 46-1-89. Texts inscribed on the engraving: 33 (Pl. 5 A). Fig. 1. YELLOW-CRESTED PARAKEET (Psittacus carolinensis, Gmel.). / Fig. 2. OMNICOLOURED PARAKEET (Psittacus eximius, Shaw.). --- Decoration, vintage, exotic, animal, tropical, ornithology, wild. Australia, cage, psittacine.