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C1804
Psittacus Fringe Crested Cockatoo.
Rare, c.19th hand coloured engraving of the Gang-Gang This is the first engraved illustration of the Gang-Gang from the account and specimen collected from Churchill Island in 1801 by James Grant (1772-1833) during his survey of Western Port, in the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Psittacus Fringe Crested Cockatoo.
Date:
C1804
Engraver:
Samuel John Neele
1758)
Condition:
Repaired tear at lower left, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
160mm
x 245mm
Paper Size:
210mm
x 268mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1804
Description:
Rare, c.19th hand coloured engraving of the Gang-Gang
This is the first engraved illustration of the Gang-Gang from the account and specimen collected from Churchill Island in 1801 by James Grant (1772-1833) during his survey of Western Port, in the Lady Nelson.
The specimen was sent to Thomas Davies a military officer, naturalist and artist who was elected in 1781 a fellow of the Royal Society. Lieutenant James Grant was given command of the Lady Nelson with the instructions to sail her to Sydney and hand her over to Matthew Flinders. He left Portsmouth on 17 March 1800 and while at Cape Town Grant received additional orders to search and sail through the recently discovered Bass Strait from the west. He made landfall on the Victorian coast near Mt Schank and Mt Gambier which he named and proceeded to chart the coast to Wilson’s Promontory. He sailed through Bass Strait becoming the first to do so from west to east and confirming a new route for shipping to the east coast and so avoid having to sailing south around Van Diemen’s Land. He also gave names to, Cape Banks, Cape Bridgewater, Cape Nelson, Cape Sir William Grant, Lawrence Islands, Lady Julia Percy Island, Portland Bay, Cape Otway, Cape Patton, Cape Danger, Governor King’s Bay, Cape Liptrap, King George’s Sound and Glennies Island.
Modern binomial name: Callocephalon fimbriatum
First described: Grant, 1803
Distribution: VIC, ACT, NSW
From: Grant, J., The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, performed in His Majesty’s Vessel The Lady Nelson, of sixty tons burthen, with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 375.
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 : 718.
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967 : 28306.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney, 1987 : 75.
Collections:
State Library Victoria: RARELTF 919.44 G76
State Library New South Wales: 991011580389702626
National Library New Zealand: NLNZ ALMA 9911823113502836
University of Newcastle: Q994.02/29 B
Samuel John Neele (1758 - 1824)
Neele was a London engraver and copperplate printer of book illustrations and maps. Neele signed most of his work using only his surname and business address 352 The Strand, London.
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Thomas Davies (1737 - 1812)
Thomas was a military officer, naturalist and artist born in Shooter's Hill (London), England. Davies began military service at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1755 where he also received training in topographic drawing to provide detailed and accurate drawings. By 1757, he became second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery and began service abroad in Canada .He spent a number of years fighting in the French and Indian Wars there as well as returning from Enland to fight in the War of Independence. After the war, he received several promotions and was assigned to command posts in Gibraltar, the West Indies, and Canada.In 1799, he was appointed Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery. His last promotion was to the rank of Lieutenant-general in 1803. In 1781, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society and was also a fellow of the Linnean Society of London, contributing several articles, especially on the ornithology of Australia. In 1800, he was the first to illustrate and describe the Superb Lyrebird in the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.
