Bidspirit auction | Edward Lear - Hand-coloured engraving

Edward Lear - Hand-coloured engraving of Purple Capped Lory 1836 - This original hand-coloured steel engraving is from Parrots, Volume X of the Naturalist's Library series, published by Chatto & Windus, London 1836.The parrots were drawn by Edward Lear and engraved by the eminent Edinburgh engraver WH Lizars. Size: 4in x 6.5in (10cm x 17cm)