Rainbow Lorikeet Variété de la Perruche à tête bleue
$1,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
Rainbow Lorikeets live in Australia, Papua New Guinea and southeast Asia. Jacques Barraband was the finest ornithological artist of his time. The son of a weaver at the Aubusson Factory, he is first mentioned as a pupil of Joseph Malaine 1745-1809 , the eminent flower painter, and is known to have worked for both the Gobelin Factory and the porcelain factory of Sèvres. His most important work was undoubtedly the 300 or so drawings that he produced for François Levaillant's three
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