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C1802
Hornbill.
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Rare, early c.19th hand coloured engraving of the first illustration of the Channel-billed Cuckoo appeared in Governor Phillip’s account of the colony in 1789. The Channel-billed Cuckoo is the worlds largest cuckoo and was often incorrectly described as a Hornbill … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Hornbill.
Date:
C1802
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
90mm
x 160mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1802
Description:
Rare, early c.19th hand coloured engraving of the first illustration of the Channel-billed Cuckoo appeared in Governor Phillip’s account of the colony in 1789.
The Channel-billed Cuckoo is the worlds largest cuckoo and was often incorrectly described as a Hornbill due it’s large beak.
Other common names: Channel-billed Cuckoo, Storm Bird, Fig Hawk, Flood Bird.
Modern binomial name: Scythrops novaehollandiae
First described: Latham, 1790
Distribution: WA, NT, QLD, NSW
From Barrington’s, The History of New South Wales…
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 345
Abbey, J.R. Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. London 1972: 565
Collections: National Library Australia: Bib ID: 531817
State Library New South Wales: Record Identifier 74Vv7J3Nx6BA
State Library Victoria: RARELT 994.402 B27H
State Library South Australia: 994.402 B276
Vincent Woodthorpe (1764 - 1822)
Print and map engraver and copperplate printer, born in Stepney in about 1764, the son of Vincent Woodthorpe, a victualler, and his wife Elizabeth Waterhouse, who had married in 1763. Apprenticed (Tinplate Workers)to Garnet Terry 8 Jan 1778. He had premises at 27 Fetter Lane, London 1796-1809 and 29 Fetter Lane, London 1800-1822. Woodthorpe engraved a number of the illustrations for Barringtons account of the colony of New South Wales, the subjects were based on earlier issued engravings in first fleet journals.
