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C1893
Catocala fusca, Catocala albo-fasciata, Catocala Cabbalistica, Spanocal atrata.
Artist:
Very rare lithograph of the Hawk moth from the series on Australian Lepidoptera, by the Scott sisters. This famous image depicts the light house on South Head. Common name: None Modern binomial name: Dysgonia solomonensis Distribution: Common name: None Modern binomial … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Catocala fusca, Catocala albo-fasciata, Catocala Cabbalistica, Spanocal atrata.
Date:
C1893
Artist:
Engraver:
E.Thomas
Condition:
One very small spot at lower left, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
280mm
x 350mm
Paper Size:
335mm
x 433mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1893
Description:
Very rare lithograph of the Hawk moth from the series on Australian Lepidoptera, by the Scott sisters. This famous image depicts the light house on South Head.
Common name: None
Modern binomial name: Dysgonia solomonensis
Distribution:
Common name: None
Modern binomial name: Dysgonia constricta
Distribution: QLD, NSW
Common name: Rainforest Vine Moth
Modern binomial name: Fodina ostorius
Distribution: QLD, NSW
Common name: None
Modern binomial name: Buzara frontinus
Distribution: QLD, NSW
The Lepidoptera paintings
“Equally talented, it is difficult to tell one sister’s work from the other. However, their combined approach makes the Lepidoptera paintings exceptional.” Fran Dorey Australian Museum
From Scott, A.W., Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 15513c..
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2331180
State Library New South Wales: Call number PXE 78/11
Harriet Scott (1830 - 1907)
Scott and her sister Helena Forde (1832-1910) (nee Scott) were born in the Rocks area of Sydney to Harriet Calcott, daughter of an ex-convict, and Alexander Walter Scott, a wealthy man who would become known in the colony as an entomologist, grazier and entrepreneur. Helena and Harriet (known as the Scott sisters) were two of 19th century Australia’s most prominent natural history illustrators and possibly the first professional female illustrators in the country. In 1846, Harriet and Helena, then aged 16 and 14, moved from Sydney to the isolated Ash Island in the Hunter River estuary with their mother, Harriet Calcott, and father, entomologist and entrepreneur Alexander Walker Scott. There, surrounded by unspoilt native vegetation and under the inspiring tutelage of their artistic father, their shared fascination with the natural world grew. For almost 20 years, the sisters lived and worked on the island, faithfully recording its flora and fauna, especially the butterflies and moths. The sisters continued to draw and paint commercially for the rest of their lives. Harriet drew botanical illustrations for the 1879, 1884 and 1886 editions of the Railway Guide to New South Wales, and they both executed designs for Australia’s first Christmas cards in 1879. Harriet died at Granville NSW in 1907 and Helena in 1910. Reference; Australian Museum.
