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BARRABAND, Jacques (1767/8-1809)
Le petit Perroquet vert [Black-billed Amazon (Amazona agilis)] [Pl. 105]
[Pl. 105]. Paris: 1801-05. Colour-printed stipple engraving. Very good condition. Trimmed to plate mark on the right side. Plate mark: 13 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches. Sheet size: 17 3/4 x 11 5/8 inches.
The Black-billed Amazon or Black-billed Parrot is a native of Jamaica (mid-montane limestone forest, especially Cockpit County, with some sightings from John Crown Mountains) and is currently on the CITES endangered list.
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 great ornithological monographs, the greatest of which was the Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets (1801-1805).
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