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C1811
Duck Billed Platypus
Artist:
Moses Griffith (1747 - 1819)
An early engraving of the Platypus based on Frederick Nodder’s which been published in 1799. The first engraved image of a Platypus and the first description was made from the first Platypus sighted and captured November 1797 on the Hawkesbury … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Duck Billed Platypus
Date:
C1811
Artist:
Moses Griffith (1747 - 1819)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
160mm
x 100mm
Paper Size:
200mm
x 120mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1811
Description:
An early engraving of the Platypus based on Frederick Nodder’s which been published in 1799. The first engraved image of a Platypus and the first description was made from the first Platypus sighted and captured November 1797 on the Hawkesbury River by David Collins. When the first skin sent by John Hunter, reached Europe it was thought to be a hoax.
Modern binomial name Ornithorhynchus anatinus
First described Shaw 1799
Distribution SA, VIC, TAS, NSW & QLD
Reference The Mammals of Australia, Strahan, 2nd edition. Page: 36-38, ill.35,36 & 38
From Shaw’s, The Natural History Of Quadrupeds and Cetaceous Animals.
Biography:
Moses Griffith (1747-1819)
Water-colour painter with no formal training but in 1769 he was engaged by Thomas Pennant who in discovering his aptitude as a draughtsman employed him to illustrate his tours. He then provided a number of illustrations for Pennant’s, Genera of Birds.
