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C1875
Eucalyptus cornuta Labill.
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Scarce c.19th Australian botanical colour lithograph of Yate first collected by Jacques Labillardiere at Observatory Island (Archipelago of the Recherche) on 15 December 1792 on the voyage under the command of D’Entrecasteaux. Common names: Yate Modern binomial name: Eucalyptus cornuta … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Eucalyptus cornuta Labill.
Date:
C1875
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
220mm
x 270mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1875
Description:
Scarce c.19th Australian botanical colour lithograph of Yate first collected by Jacques Labillardiere at Observatory Island (Archipelago of the Recherche) on 15 December 1792 on the voyage under the command of D’Entrecasteaux.
Common names: Yate
Modern binomial name: Eucalyptus cornuta
First described: Labillardiere, 1800
Distribution: WA
D’Entrecasteaux had anchored near Esperance on Western Australia’s southern coast, in 1792. On 14 December, the zoologist Claude Riche had gone ashore, and failed to return. A search the following day proved unsuccessful. Several senior members of the expedition were convinced that Riche must have perished of thirst or at the hands of the Aborigines, and counselled d’Entrecasteaux to sail without him. However Labillardiere convinced d’Entrecasteaux to search for another day, and was rewarded not only with the recovery of Riche, but also with the collection of several botanical specimens, including the first specimens of Anigozanthos (Kangaroo Paw), Nuytsia floribunda (West Australian Christmas Tree), Banksia nivea (Honeypot Dryandra) and Banksi repens.
Walter Hood Fitch (1817 - 1892)
Fitch attracted the attention of Sir William Hooker when he was made director of the Kew Gardens in 1841. He stayed there for the next fifty years. Fitch was a quick and extremely industrious artist, his published drawings reached the almost incredible total of 9960.
