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C1888
Cybium Commersoni. [Scomberomorus commerson], Commerson’s Mackerel [Spanish mackerel]
Artist:
Arthur Bartholomew (1834 - 1909)
One of the few colonial prints of the Spanish mackerel. Note: Sold without its original letterpress (description) sheet. Modern common Name: Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel Modern binomial Name: Scomberomorus commerson Distribution: NT, QLD, NSW, VIC, WA Rare lithograph from Frederick McCoy’s, “Natural … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Cybium Commersoni. [Scomberomorus commerson], Commerson’s Mackerel [Spanish mackerel]
Date:
C1888
Artist:
Arthur Bartholomew (1834 - 1909)
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
120mm
x 205mm
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Genuine antique
dated:
1888
Description:
One of the few colonial prints of the Spanish mackerel.
Note: Sold without its original letterpress (description) sheet.
Modern common Name:Â Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
Modern binomial Name:Â Scomberomorus commersonÂ
Distribution: NT, QLD, NSW, VIC, WA
Rare lithograph from Frederick McCoy’s, “Natural history of Victoria; Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria; or figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals”.
Biography:
Arthur Bartholomew (1834-1909)
Bartholomew was born in Bruton, Somerset shire, in 1834. Although little is known about his early life,Bartholomew apprenticed as an engraver in Exeter and had lithographic training before leaving for Australia in 1852 at 18 years of age. Arriving in Melbourne on the Oriental, in December that year he set off to explore the bush before sailing to Tasmania, where he met his future wife, Eliza Ann Nicholls.
He soon returned to Melbourne to assist William Blandowski in illustrating specimens for his encyclopaedia on the natural history of Australia. When Blandowski set off on an expedition on the Murray River, Bartholomew remained in Melbourne. With Blandowski in self-imposed exile following his conflict with fellow members of the Philosophical Institute, Bartholomew returned to Longford, Tasmania, marrying Eliza in 1856. They had two children in quick succession, Christianna (1857) and Adelina (1858), before returning to Melbourne where Arthur took up the position which defined his professional career.
On 1 September 1859 Bartholomew was appointed Attendant in the department of Natural History at the newly-opened Melbourne University. For the next six months he attended McCoy’s lectures and assisted in the laboratory, his role expanding in 1860 to take advantage of his artistic ability. McCoy obviously saw Bartholomew’s potential for the ambitious projects which lay ahead.
Bartholomew began both a zoological and geology series for McCoy which would form the basis of the Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria and Prodromus of the Palaeontology of Victoria. During the following four decades he illustrated more than 700 zoological specimens.
