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C1800
(1802)
Le Parkinson jeune age
Artist:
Rare early c.19th French engraving of a young Lyrebird from the drawing by Jacques Barraband (1768-1809) 1797 First sighting. An ex-convict who lived with Aboriginals after his term expired in 1792, said that there was in the bush near Sydney, … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Le Parkinson jeune age
Date:
C1800
(1802)
Artist:
Condition:
One or two spots, eitherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Original engraving printed in colour and hand finished.
Image Size:
290mm
x 460mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1802
Description:
Rare early c.19th French engraving of a young Lyrebird from the drawing by Jacques Barraband (1768-1809)
1797 First sighting. An ex-convict who lived with Aboriginals after his term expired in 1792, said that there was in the bush near Sydney, “a bird of the pheasant species’. Near Sydney, John Wilson (Barrington 1802)
1798 First recorded sighting We saw nothing strange except a few rock kangaroos with long black brush tails, and two pheasants which we could not get a shot at. Nepean, John Price (Historical Records NSW, 3 Appendix C.)
1798 First capture Here I shot a bird about the size of a Pheasant, but the tail of it very much resembels a Peacock, with large long feathers which are white, orange, and lead colour, and black at the ends; its body betwixt a brown and green, brown under his neck and black upon his head. Black legs and very lond claws. Near Bargo, John Price (Historical Records NSW, 3 Appendix C.)
1798 Mimicry of the Lyrebird They sing for two hours in the morning, beginning from the time when they quit the valley, until they attain the summit of the hill; where they scrape together a small hillock, on which they stand, with their tail spread over them, imitating successively the note of every bird known in the country. South-west of Sydney David Collins (An account of the English Colony…)
1800 Scientific description The total length of this singular bird from the point of the bill to the end of the broad tail feathers is 43 inches; 25 of which are in the tail alone. The bill rather exceeds an inch i nlength, is strong, formed much like that of a peacock… Blackheath, Thomas Davies. (Transactions of the Linnean Society of London)
Modern binomial name: Menura novaehollandiae
First described: Thomas Davies 1800
Distribution: VIC, NSW, QLD and introduced to Tasmania.
From Audebert, J.B. & Viellot, L.J.P. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux dorés ou à reflets métalliques. Paris 1802
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976: 941-69, 1986.
Sitwell, S. Fine Bird Books 1700-1900. New York 1990: p.73.
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995: IVB 47.
Fraser, I. & Gray, J. Australian Bird Names A Complete Guide. Melbourne 2013: 165.
Collections:
National Gallery Australia: LEGACY ID 42308
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976: 941-69, 1986.
Sitwell, S. Fine Bird Books 1700-1900. New York 1990: p.73.
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995: IVB 47.
Fraser, I. & Gray, J. Australian Bird Names A Complete Guide. Melbourne 2013: 165.
Collections:
National Gallery Australia: LEGACY ID 42308
Jacques Barraband (1767 - 1809)
Barraband was a renown ornithological artist and considered the greatest of his time. Little is known of his life other than that he was born in C1767, the son of a weaver who worked at the Aubusson Factory. He is first mentioned as a pupil of Joseph Malaine (1745-1809, the eminent flowers painter under King Louis XVI), and is known to have worked for the Gobelin Factory and later for the famous porcelain Factory at Sèvres. He executed decorative cycles after designs by Percier and Fontaine, most notably for the dining room commissioned by Emperor Napoleon for the Château de Saint-Cloud. His greatest works were the more than 300 drawings in watercolour and gouache that he executed to illustrate François Levaillant's monumental works of Natural History, the Histoire naturelle des Perroquets, the Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de Paradis and the Histoire Naturelle des Promérops where he achieved a level of scientific accuracy that has rarely been surpassed.
