C1813

[Quoll]

Artist:

Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch (1747 - 1822)

$A 145

Early German engraving of the Spotted Quoll based on Charles Lessuer’s famous image made during the Nicholas Baudin voyage and issued in 1807.. The first sighting of Quolls was made by Julian Crozet, observed March 1772, ‘Our hunters met a … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

[Quoll]

Date:

C1813

Artist:

Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch (1747 - 1822)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Copper engraving with original hand colouring.

Image Size:

150mm

x 75mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1813

Description:

Early German engraving of the Spotted Quoll based on Charles Lessuer’s famous image made during the Nicholas Baudin voyage and issued in 1807..

The first sighting of Quolls was made by Julian Crozet, observed March 1772, ‘Our hunters met a tiger cat and found several holes like those in a warren’, Blackman’s Bay, Tasmania.

Joseph Banks on 1 May 1770 at Botany Bay noted ‘Named the ‘je-Quoll’ by the natives’, August 1770 Joseph Banks.

Common names: Spotted-tailed Quoll, Tiger Cat, Tiger Quoll & Spotted-tailed Native Cat.
Modern binomial name: Dasyurus maculatus
First described: Kerr 1792
Distribution: Australia wide but mainly VIC, TAS, NSW & QLD
Reference:The Mammals of Australia, Strahan, 2nd edition. Page: 67-69, ill.67 & 69

From Bertuch, Friedrich Justin; Bertuch, Carl: Bilderbuch für Kinder: enthaltend eine angenehme Sammlung von Thieren, Pflanzen, Früchten, Mineralien

Biography:

Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch (1747-1822)

A successful entrepreneur and a man of the eighteenth century ‘Enlightenment.’ Orphaned at 15 he lived with his uncle and pursued an education in theology and law. He eventually became a publisher and the largest employer in his home town of Weimar. This image is from the first pictorial encylopedia for children which was a landmark in educational publishing.