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C1893
Der Beutelteufel (Sarcophilus ursinus).
Very scarce c.19th hand coloured German engraving of the Tasmanian Devil of which there are very few colonial images. Naturalist George Harris wrote the first published description of the Tasmanian devil in 1807, naming it Didelphis ursina, due to its … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Der Beutelteufel (Sarcophilus ursinus).
Date:
C1893
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
115mm
x 45mm
Paper Size:
150mm
x 60mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1893
Description:
Very scarce c.19th hand coloured German engraving of the Tasmanian Devil of which there are very few colonial images.
Naturalist George Harris wrote the first published description of the Tasmanian devil in 1807, naming it Didelphis ursina, due to its bearlike characteristics such as the round ear. He had earlier made a presentation on the topic at the Zoological Society of London, however, that particular binomial name had already been given to the common wombat by George Shaw in 1800. In 1838, a specimen was named Dasyurus laniarius by Richard Owen, but by 1877 he had relegated it to Sarcophilus. The modern Tasmanian devil was named Sarcophilus harrisii (“Harris’s flesh-lover”) by French naturalist Pierre Boitard in 1841.
Modern binomial name: Sarcophilus harrisii
First described: Boitard, 1841
Distribution: Tasmania
First described: Boitard, 1841
Distribution: Tasmania
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 15688.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 3023273
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers Q980/64
State Library Victoria: SLT 919 Si1
State Library South Australia: 990T b
State Library Queensland: 997166474702061
Gustav Ludwig Heinrich Mutzel (1839 - 1893)
Mutzel was a German artist, famous for his mammal and bird paintings, including the illustrations for the second edition of Alfred Edmund Brehm's Thierleben and Richard Lydekker's The Royal Natural History. He was the son of the painter Heinrich Mutzel and his wife Luise Pauline Friedrichs. He attended the French high school in his hometown. Subsequently Mutzel began to study at the Academy of Art at age 18 and was, amongst others, a pupil of the painter Eduard Daege. On 1 November 1865 Mützel married Anna Schönherr in Berlin and raised three children; Hans, Walter and Gertrud. Mützel and his wife settled in Königsberg in the Neumark, where he was active as photographer. To keep up with the latest technical developments in photography Mützel and his family moved to Berlin in 1870. After the Franco-German War Mützel started illustrating some of the more important encyclopedias of the time. He created a large number of illustrations for the German Ornithological Society, having been a member since 1874. Mutzel's diverse interests led also to his membership of the German Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory and the Association of Berlin artists. The Nielsen's che Choral Society awarded him with an honorary membership. Gustav Mutzel died on 29 October 1893.
