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C1789
Female Superb Warbler.
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A superbly hand coloured engraving of the first illustration of a female Superb Fairy-wren, printed in London in 1789 from the first specimen collected by William Anderson, surgeon and naturalist on Captain James Cook’s third voyage in 1777 when it … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Female Superb Warbler.
Date:
C1789
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
170mm
x 240mm
Paper Size:
209mm
x 283mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1789
Description:
A superbly hand coloured engraving of the first illustration of a female Superb Fairy-wren, printed in London in 1789 from the first specimen collected by William Anderson, surgeon and naturalist on Captain James Cook’s third voyage in 1777 when it visited Adventure Bay, Tasmania. He named it Motacilla cyanea but did not live to publish his findings, these were described by his assistant William Ellis in 1782.
Common names: Superb Fairy-wren, Superb Blue Wren, Fairy Wren & Mormon Wren.
Binomial name: Malurus cyaneus
First described: Ellis 1782
Distribution: SA, VIC, TAS, NSW & QLD.
From Phillip, A. Governor Arthur Phillip’s, Voyage to Botany Bay. London.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 47.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987 pp.59-64, pp.127-128, p.345-5, ill. p.63..
Collections:
State Library Victoria: RARELTF 994.02 P54V
Peter Mazell (1759 - 1797)
Mazell was an Irish painter and engraver, working in London between c. 1761 and 1797. He is known for his fine engravings of natural history subjects, especially those illustrating books by John Walcott and the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. He created almost 600 engravings in his career. He also exhibited paintings of landscapes and of flowers. He exhibited at the Society of Artists and at the Royal Academy.
