Cirratus 'Knifetooth sawfish' - Antique Print from 1794

C1794

Cirratus ‘Knifetooth sawfish’

Artist:

John Latham (1740 - 1837)

$A 475

The first illustrations of the Sawshark. One of the entire fish and the other, of five ‘snouts’ and sold with the the letterpress description. Rare. Common names Common sawshark, Doggies, Longnose Sawshark, Saw Dog, Saw Shark and Southern Saw Shark. … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Cirratus ‘Knifetooth sawfish’

Date:

C1794

Artist:

John Latham (1740 - 1837)

Condition:

Sheet trimmed to image with minor loss otherwise in good condition.

Technique:

Image Size:

190mm

x 160mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1794

Description:

The first illustrations of the Sawshark. One of the entire fish and the other, of five ‘snouts’ and sold with the the letterpress description. Rare.

Common names Common sawshark, Doggies, Longnose Sawshark, Saw Dog, Saw Shark and Southern Saw Shark.

Doggies, Longnose Sawshark, Saw Dog, Saw Shark, Southern Saw Shark – See more at: http://australianmuseum.net.au/common-sawshark-pristiophorus-cirratus#sthash.fBmzy8Fj.dpuf

Modern binomial name Pristiophorus cirratus

Pristiophorus cirratus

First described Latham 1794

Distribution Southern Australia

From Transactions of the Linnean Society, An Essay on the Various Species of Sawfish. By Dr John Latham 8th Jan 1793.

Biography:

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.

Latham 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.