C1789

Pennantian Parrot.

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Rare c.18th hand coloured engraving of the first illustration of the Crimson Rosella made from drawings sent to London from Sydney Cove in 1788 and published on August 6th, 1789. Other common names: Yellow Rosella, Adelaide Rosella, Mountain Lowry. Modern … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Pennantian Parrot.

Date:

C1789

Artist:

John Latham (1740 - 1837)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

185mm

x 260mm

Paper Size:

225mm

x 300mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1789

Description:

Rare c.18th hand coloured engraving of the first illustration of the Crimson Rosella made from drawings sent to London from Sydney Cove in 1788 and published on August 6th, 1789.

Other common names: Yellow Rosella, Adelaide Rosella, Mountain Lowry.
Modern binomial name: Platycercus elegans
First described: Gmelin, 1788
Distribution: SA, VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS, QLD

From: Phillip, A. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island; compiled from Authentic Papers, which have been obtained from the several Departments to which are added the Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball and Capt. Marshall with an Account of their New Discoveries,….. London.

Collections:
British Library: Shelf mark: C.47.i.10
National Gallery Australia: NGA 2012.1466
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1165394
Royal Collection Trust: RCIN 1142204
Silent World: SF000022
State Library NSW: D Q78/26
State Library Victoria: RARELTF 994.02 P54V

References:
Crittenden, V. A Bibliography Of The First Fleet. ACT 1982 : 180
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976: 47
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 :. 1346
McCormick, T. First Views of Australia 1788-1825. Sydney: 1987
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987: pp.59-64, pp.127-128, p.345-5, ill. p.63

John Latham (1740 - 1837)

Latham is considered to be the Father of Australian Ornithology for the scientific descriptions he provided for birds sent from the convict colony of Sydney Cove in 1788. He studied anatomy under the surgeon John Hunter and after practicing medicine and making his fortune he retired from practice in 1796 devoting his life to ornithology. He became the leading English ornithologist of his day, a time that coincided with the discovery of Australia's east coast by James Cook and the establishment of a penal colony at Botany Bay. Ann Latham (1772-1835) Ann was John Latham's daughter, and she assisted her father in painting birds, mammals and butterflies for her father. She also recorded the first Australian bird species sent to London. The watercolours were made before her marriage in 1795 to a surgeon in Winchester. After 1795 Ann stopped helping her father.

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