The Pet Parrot: As Depicted in 18th and 19th Century Art, Literature, & History
Woman at the Piano with Cockatoo by Gustave Léonard de Jonghe, (1870).
When thinking of 18th and 19th century pets, we inevitably imagine dogs or cats or small, caged canaries. Large and colorful exotic birds are not generally the type of animal we envision inhabiting the pages of a Georgian or Regency novel, much less an actual Georgian or Regency home. It may surprise you to learn that parrots were, in fact, quite popular as pets during the 18th and 19th centuries.[…]Continue Reading
