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C1880
Eucalyptus capitelata. Smith
Artist:
Ferdinand von Mueller (1825 - 1896)
Lithograph by Ferdinand von Mueller of the Brown stringybark. It was first formally described in 1795 by James Edward Smith in his book, A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland. Distribution: NSW
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Full Title:
Eucalyptus capitelata. Smith
Date:
C1880
Artist:
Ferdinand von Mueller (1825 - 1896)
Engraver:
R.Austen
Condition:
In good condition, perforations to right hand side sheet edge as issued.
Technique:
Lithograph.
Image Size:
205mm
x 245mm
Paper Size:
248mm
x 305mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1880
Description:
Lithograph by Ferdinand von Mueller of the Brown stringybark. It was first formally described in 1795 by James Edward Smith in his book, A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland.
Distribution: NSW
Biography:
Ferdinand von Mueller (1825–1896)
Von Mueller was a botanist, trained in pharmacy and botany in his native Germany before emigrating to Adelaide in 1847. Appointed inaugural government botanist in Melbourne in 1853, over the next few years he collected specimens of much of Victoria’s native vegetation, spending many months in previously-unexplored alpine country. As botanist to the North Australian Exploring Expedition in 1855, he travelled 8 000 km in 16 months, identifying some 800 new species and finding them their place in the universal classification system developed by Linnaeus. In 1857 he was appointed director of the Melbourne Botanical Gardens, but their progress was slow and he was replaced in 1873. By that time, he had been appointed a baron by the King of Württemberg; he was appointed KCMG in 1879. Seeing both the commercial potential of native forests, and the need to preserve them, in the late 1870s he prepared a report on the resources of Western Australia, advocating the establishment of a forest administration. He was a fellow of the Royal Geographical, Linnaean and Royal Societies and was awarded a Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1888.
