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C1800
Eucalyptus Globulus
Artist:
Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759 - 1840)
Rare engraving of the Tasmanian Blue Gum collected by Labillardiere the botanist on the d’Entrecasteaux expedition at Recherche Bay in 1792. ‘A rare account of a voyage with tremendous significance to the exploration of Australia and the Pacific. ‘ Wantrup. D’Entrecasteaux joined the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Eucalyptus Globulus
Date:
C1800
Artist:
Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759 - 1840)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving hand coloured
Image Size:
305mm
x 445mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1800
Description:
Rare engraving of the Tasmanian Blue Gum collected by Labillardiere the botanist on the d’Entrecasteaux expedition at Recherche Bay in 1792.
‘A rare account of a voyage with tremendous significance to the exploration of Australia and the Pacific. ‘ Wantrup.
D’Entrecasteaux joined the French navy in 1754 and fought in 1756 at Minorca. He assumed command of the French fleet of the East Indies and in 1787, was appointed Governor of Mauritius and the Isle of Bourbon. During his voyage in search of La Perouse in 1791-92, he determined the position of Amsterdam Island, explored the coastlines of New Caledonia, Tasmania, and New Holland, and located several groups of islands.
Modern common name Tasmanian blue gum, southern blue gum or blue gum
Modern binomial Eucalyptus globulus
Distribution VIC & TAS
First described Labillardiere 1800
From Jacques Julien Houton de Labillardiere (1755-1834), ‘tRelation du voyage a la recherche de La Perouse’
References Wantrup 64a-b. Hill 467 Sabin 22671
Biography:
Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759-1840)
Redoute was one of the most famous flower painters of all time. His professional career began after he went to Paris in 1782 where he initially worked as a decorative painter at the “Theatre des Italiens”. He was steered into botanical painting after he met the botanist Charles Louis L’Héritier. Soon after he helped illustrate L’Héritier’s “Stirpes Novae”. Redoutes work was noticed by the famour botanical artist Gérard von Spaendonck, who produced drawings and paintings for the famous Velins du Roi. Spaendonck recruited Pierre Joseph Redouté as a staff member, and he subsequently contributed over 500 paintings to this huge undertaking.
Redoute learnt Spaendonck’s watercolor technique, by which he used to produce flower paintings with a bright transparency. He was then appointed court painter to Marie-Antoinette and subsequently becoming one of France’s most popular flower painters. He perfected the color stipple engraving technique, which he had learned during a stay in London and first applied it in his illustrations for de Candolle’s work “Plantes Grasses”. In 1805 he was appointed court and flower painter to the Empress Josephine. From 1817 to 1824 he produced his greatest illustrated work, the monograp “Les Roses”.
