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C1800
Mazeutoxeron Reflexum.
The first illustration of the native fuchsia. The species was first described in 1800 by botanist Jacques Labillardière in his account, Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse, based on the type from Adventure Bay in southern Tasmania. … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Mazeutoxeron Reflexum.
Date:
C1800
Condition:
Some light spotting and discolouration at lower right area, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
240mm
x 385mm
Paper Size:
335mm
x 517mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1800
Description:
The first illustration of the native fuchsia.
The species was first described in 1800 by botanist Jacques Labillardière in his account, Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse, based on the type from Adventure Bay in southern Tasmania. The species was transferred to the genus Correa as C. reflexa in 1803 by Étienne Pierre Ventenat in Jardin de la Malmaison.
‘A rare account of a voyage with tremendous significance to the exploration of Australia and the Pacific. ‘ Wantrup.
Common names, common correa or native fuchsia
Modern binomial name: Correa reflexa
First described: Labillardiere, 1800
Distribution: Australia
References:
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987 : 64a-b.
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 : 467.
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967. : 22671.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 308, 682.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 87072
State Library Victoria: RARELTF ; 910.41 L11
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers:Q980/7A4, RB/DQ990A/46
State Library South Australia: 990 L119 b
State Library of Western Australia: F00209
Auckland Art Gallery Toiotamaki: Accession no 1965/1
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: Identifier : ark:/12148/bpt6k1056866x
Pierre Joseph Redoute (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". Redoute's work was noticed by the famous 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 monograph "Les Roses".
