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C1816
1. Cygne noir. 2. Oie Sauvage [Black Swan]
Artist:
Jean-Gabriel Pretre (1768 - 1849)
Early C19th engraving of the Black Swan. One of only a handful of nineteenth century lithographs of the Black Swan which was first recorded on 5th July 1636 by the Dutch sailor Antonie Caen in the ship Banda and makes … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
1. Cygne noir. 2. Oie Sauvage [Black Swan]
Date:
C1816
Artist:
Jean-Gabriel Pretre (1768 - 1849)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
90mm
x 153mm
Paper Size:
144mm
x 213mm
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Genuine antique
dated:
1816
Description:
Early C19th engraving of the Black Swan.
One of only a handful of nineteenth century lithographs of the Black Swan which was first recorded on 5th July 1636 by the Dutch sailor Antonie Caen in the ship Banda and makes what is believed to be the first sighting of black swans by Europeans on the south-west coast of Australia near Bernier Island.
Common name: Black Swan
Modern binomial name: Cygnus atratus
First described: Latham 1790
Distribution: Australia wide
From Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles,…
Biography:
Jean-Gabriel Pretre (1768-1849)
Pretre was a Swiss-French natural history painter of birds, mammals and reptiles.
