The Parrots Portfolio By Edward Lear (1812-1888) / 38 Taschen Art Prints In Box

This portfolio consists of 38 lushly color printed plates of parrots galore by the late great Edward Lear! They include 2 that have been cut and one folded otherwise all are actual size and in good condition. Includes pamphlet book.
Lovely for framing and perfect for your bird lover!
Size Box Portfolio 20.25 H c 13.25 W x 1.25 D
Size Each Print 19.25 H x 13 W
Reproduced from the antique hand-coloured lithographs circa 1833 by Edward Lear, these prints are from the Limited Edition portfolio of Lear's Parrots, produced from the originals in the library of the Linnean Society in London. "The Family of Psittacidae" (Parrot Family) is a wonderful series of parrot portraits by the famous illustrator Edward Lear (1812-88) who was passionate about parrots and once said that if there was such a thing as reincarnation he was sure that he would return as a parrot.

ABOUT EDWARD LEAR
From 'The Remarkable Nature of Edward Lear' By Robert McCracken Peck
Although he is best remembered today as a whimsical nonsense poet, adventurous traveler, and painter of luminous landscapes, Edward Lear (1812–1888) is revered in scientific circles as one of the greatest natural history painters of the 19th century. During his brief immersion in the world of science, he created a spectacular monograph on parrots, and a body of other work that continues to inform, delight, and astonish us with its remarkable blend of scientific rigor and artistic finesse.
In 1988 the British government honored Lear with a set of postage stamps featuring four of his whimsical ink drawings. These included a self-caricature of the bearded artist flying on improbably miniscule wings and the wedding scene from his best-known poem, “The Owl and the Pussycat”. The affable Lear would have been pleased and probably astonished by his country’s philatelic attention, but almost certainly disappointed by the Royal Mail’s choice of images marking the centennial of his death. He considered the illustrated verse in his Book of Nonsense (1846), which ultimately earned him a place in Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey, a sideline to his more serious focus: natural history and landscape painting. The artist so feared that these flights of fancy would undermine his reputation in the scientific world that he hid behind the pseudonym “Derry-Down-Derry” until 1861, by which time his nonsense verse and illustrations had already won him a devoted following around the world...
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