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C1790
1 Snake 2 Muricated Lizard.
Artist:
Rare c.18th engraving which is the first illustration of the Jacky dragon and a juvenile Brown snake. Juvenile Brown snakes can vary in markings, but generally have a black head, with a lighter brown snout and band behind, and a … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
1 Snake 2 Muricated Lizard.
Date:
C1790
Artist:
Condition:
A little toning, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
225mm
x 180mm
Paper Size:
280mm
x 214mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1790
Description:
Rare c.18th engraving which is the first illustration of the Jacky dragon and a juvenile Brown snake.
Juvenile Brown snakes can vary in markings, but generally have a black head, with a lighter brown snout and band behind, and a black nuchal band.
Modern binomial name: Amphibolurus muricatus
First described: White 1790
Distribution: QLD, NSW, VIC, SA
Modern binomial name: Pseudonaja textilis
First scientific description: Dumeril 1854 (White reported a snake that fits the description of the eastern brown snake in 1790 but did not name it)
Distribution: NT, QLD, NSW, VIC, SA
From John White’s, Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 :: 97.
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995: ZBI 4390.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney, 1987 :: 17.
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 :: 1858.
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: Call Number: MRB/Q991/2A2
National Library Australia: Bib ID 6534984
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 :: 97.
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995: ZBI 4390.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney, 1987 :: 17.
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 :: 1858.
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: Call Number: MRB/Q991/2A2
National Library Australia: Bib ID 6534984
Sarah Stone (1760 - 1844)
Known as Sarah Smith or Sarah Stone, she was the daughter of a professional fan painter and worked as a natural history illustrator in England between 1777 and 1820. Like many British artists she never travelled to the Southern Hemisphere, although she is best known for her depictions of Australian subjects. Stone was commissioned by some of the great eighteenth-century collectors, including Sir Ashton Lever and Sir Joseph Banks, to prepare watercolour drawings based on specimens of animals, birds and objects brought back to England by members of recent voyages of exploration. In many cases her drawings were the first studies of certain natural history species, a fact which makes them of considerable scientific interest. Some of her watercolours recording the collections of artefacts and natural history gathered on the voyages of Captain James Cook are among the treasures of the Australian Museum in Sydney and the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. As Miss Stone, 'Honorary Exhibitor’, she exhibited four paintings at the Royal Academy in 1781 and 1786: two of birds, a peacock and a group of shells. As Mrs Smith, she showed a perspective view of Sir Ashton Lever’s Museum with the London Society of Artists at Leicester House in 1791 – previously exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1785.
