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C1789
Bankian Cockatoo Variety. sic
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A superbly hand coloured engraving of the first printed image of the Red-tailed black Cockatoo. The first sighting of the Red-tailed black Cockatoo was made on 4th July 1770 by Sydney Parkinson at Endeavour River while the ship the Endeavour … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Bankian Cockatoo Variety. sic
Date:
C1789
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
185mm
x 260mm
Paper Size:
225mm
x 293mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1789
Description:
A superbly hand coloured engraving of the first printed image of the Red-tailed black Cockatoo.
The first sighting of the Red-tailed black Cockatoo was made on 4th July 1770 by Sydney Parkinson at Endeavour River while the ship the Endeavour was being careened for repairs, near present day Cooktown. A specimen was taken back to England by Joseph Banks and from this, the first scientific description was made by John Latham in 1790.
Common name: Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Banksian Cockatoo, Red-Tailed Cockatoo
Binomial name: Calyptorhynchus banksii
First described: Latham 1790
Distribution: Australian mainland.
From Governor Arthur Phillip’s Voyage to Botany Bay
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 47.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987 pp.59-64, pp.127-128, p.345-5, ill. p.63..
Collections:
State Library Victoria: RARELTF 994.02 P54V
State Library Victoria: RARELTF 994.02 P54V
John Latham (1740 - 1837)
Latham is considered to be the Father of Australian Ornithology for the scientific descriptions he provided for birds sent from the convict colony of Sydney Cove in 1788. He studied anatomy under the surgeon John Hunter and after practicing medicine and making his fortune he retired from practice in 1796 devoting his life to ornithology. He became the leading English ornithologist of his day, a time that coincided with the discovery of Australia's east coast by James Cook and the establishment of a penal colony at Botany Bay. Ann Latham (1772-1835) Ann was John Latham's daughter, and she assisted her father in painting birds, mammals and butterflies for her father. She also recorded the first Australian bird species sent to London. The watercolours were made before her marriage in 1795 to a surgeon in Winchester. After 1795 Ann stopped helping her father.
