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C1802
Black Cockatoo.
Artist:
Scarce, early c.19th hand coloured engraved illustration of the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo based on Sarah Stone’s rendition first issued in John White’s A Voyage 1793. The first printed image of the Red-tailed black Cockatoo appeared in Governor Phillip’s account of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Black Cockatoo.
Date:
C1802
Artist:
Condition:
A few faint spots, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
90mm
x 160mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1802
Description:
Scarce, early c.19th hand coloured engraved illustration of the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo based on Sarah Stone’s rendition first issued in John White’s A Voyage 1793.
The first printed image of the Red-tailed black Cockatoo appeared in Governor Phillip’s account of the colony in 1789. 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 careened for repairs. A specimen was taken back to England by Joseph Banks and from this, the first scientific description was made by John Latham in 1790.
Other common name: Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Banksian Cockatoo, Red-Tailed Cockatoo
Modern binomial name: Calyptorhynchus banksii
First described: Latham 1790
Distribution: Australia mainland
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 345
Abbey, J.R. Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. London 1972: 565
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 531817
State Library New South Wales: Record Identifier 74Vv7J3Nx6BA
State Library Victoria: RARELT 994.402 B27H
State Library South Australia: 994.402 B276
Vincent Woodthorpe (1764 - 1822)
English engraver, artist and copperplate printer whose work is chiefly remembered for its role in shaping early European visual impressions of Australia. He was born in Stepney, London, around 1764, the son of a victualler. In 1778 he was apprenticed to a tinplate worker, a trade that likely gave him the technical grounding later useful in engraving and printing. By the 1790s Woodthorpe was established in London as a professional engraver and printer, working mainly from premises in Fetter Lane. He produced maps, views and decorative prints, often hand-coloured, and was active as both engraver and publisher. His most significant work dates from the early years of the nineteenth century, when he engraved a series of plates illustrating New South Wales for publications associated with Georges Barrington. These images included views of Sydney and its surroundings, depictions of Aboriginal people, native animals and colonial life.
Woodthorpe never visited Australia, and his engravings were based on sketches and descriptions supplied by others. As a result, many of his scenes are imaginative or exaggerated rather than strictly accurate. Despite this, they were among the earliest widely circulated images of the Australian colony and played an important role in shaping how Britain and Europe imagined the new settlement.
Vincent Woodthorpe died in London on 22 September 1822.
