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C1883
The Violet Winged Phasma [spur legged phasmid], Acrophylla violascens [Didymuria violescens]
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Rare Australian lithograph of Phasmid, from Frederick McCoy’s, Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria. McCoy arrived in Melbourne in 1854 to assume the inaugural Professorship of Natural Science at the recently established University of Melbourne. Over the ensuing four decades, … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Violet Winged Phasma [spur legged phasmid], Acrophylla violascens [Didymuria violescens]
Date:
C1883
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
145mm
x 215mm
Paper Size:
182mm
x 270mm
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dated:
1883
Description:
Rare Australian lithograph of Phasmid, from Frederick McCoy’s, Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria.
McCoy arrived in Melbourne in 1854 to assume the inaugural Professorship of Natural Science at the recently established University of Melbourne. Over the ensuing four decades, he played a central role in the scientific community of the colony. Serving as the first Director of the newly established National Museum of Victoria. McCoy played a pivotal role in the museum’s rapid growth and the expansion of its collection. He meticulously curated an exceptional natural history and geological collection, incorporating mining models and drawing on his extensive knowledge of international sources. In 1870, the Museum of Natural and Applied Sciences, Melbourne, was placed under the oversight of the Public Library trustees. Despite persistent challenges in securing funds and navigating plots to relocate the museum, McCoy’s steadfast defence and solace lay in the institution’s popularity and scientific reputation.
Common name: Spur Legged Phasmid
Modern binomial name:Â Didymuria violescens
Distribution: QLD, NSW, VIC, SA
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 850045
State Library New South Wales: Call Number: DSM/Q591.992/M
State Library Victoria: RARELT 591.9945 M13
State Library South Australia: 591.9945 M131 b
Smithsonian Institution: Call Number QL339.V6 M12
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1055668
Arthur Bartholomew (1834 - 1909)
Bartholomew was born in Bruton, Somerset shire, in 1834. Although little is known about his early life,Bartholomew apprenticed as an engraver in Exeter and had lithographic training before leaving for Australia in 1852 at 18 years of age. Arriving in Melbourne on the Oriental, in December that year he set off to explore the bush before sailing to Tasmania, where he met his future wife, Eliza Ann Nicholls. He soon returned to Melbourne to assist William Blandowski in illustrating specimens for his encyclopaedia on the natural history of Australia. When Blandowski set off on an expedition on the Murray River, Bartholomew remained in Melbourne. With Blandowski in self-imposed exile following his conflict with fellow members of the Philosophical Institute, Bartholomew returned to Longford, Tasmania, marrying Eliza in 1856. They had two children in quick succession, Christianna (1857) and Adelina (1858), before returning to Melbourne where Arthur took up the position which defined his professional career. On 1 September 1859 Bartholomew was appointed Attendant in the department of Natural History at the newly-opened Melbourne University. For the next six months he attended McCoy's lectures and assisted in the laboratory, his role expanding in 1860 to take advantage of his artistic ability. McCoy obviously saw Bartholomew's potential for the ambitious projects which lay ahead. Bartholomew began both a zoological and geology series for McCoy which would form the basis of the Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria and Prodromus of the Palaeontology of Victoria. During the following four decades he illustrated more than 700 zoological specimens.
