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Book, Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidœ, or Parrots: The Greater Part of them Species Hitherto Unfigured, Containing Forty-Two Lithographic Plates, Drawn from Life, and On Stone, 1832

This is a Book. It was created by Edward Lear and written by Edward Lear and published by Edward Lear and print maker: Charles Joseph Hullmandel.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as part of Rebeca Méndez Selects.

It is dated 1832. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the department.

It is credited Smithsonian Libraries, QL696.P7L43 1832.

Its dimensions are

H x W (open): 55.5 × 80.5 cm (21 7/8 × 31 11/16 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rebeca Méndez Selects.

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