Grey Parrot antique print c1884. Psittacus erithacus.

by Fawcett, Benjamin

Antique print of Grey Parrot now in Florida USA, as well as its natural habitat of central Africa.

Original woodblock by draughtsman and painter Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917). Printed in colour by Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) for William Thomas Greene's Parrots in Captivity published in London between 1883 and 1887 by George Bell.

This parrot is a great mimic. A pair of wild grey parrots in Africa were recorded as making 200 diffierent sounds, including imitating 9 other birds and 1 bat!

Page measures 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (250 x 172mm). The top left corner of page is missing but this will not show when framed. This antique print has been mounted between 'antique white' ragmat conservation board (half-framed). (External mount size 350 x 255mm).