Great Scarlet Maccaw fine antique print. George Shaw c1808.

by Shaw, George

Colourful red macaw with long tail. Ara Macao from Central America and South America.

Original fine copperplate engraving by Mrs M. Griffith for General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History by naturalist George Shaw, M.D., F.R.S. (1751-1813). Published in London by George Kearsley circa 1808 (late hand-colour)

After graduating from Oxford University in 1772, Shaw began working in the medical profession, but changed careers in 1786 when he became assistant lecturer in Botany at Oxford. He was a co-founder of the Linnean Society in 1788 and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1789. He became assistant-keeper of the zoological department of the British Museum in 1791.

Page size 215 x 130mm (8.5 x 5inches).