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C1790
Superb Warblers
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Rare c.18th engraving of the Superb Fairy-wren. The first specimen of the Superb Fairy-wren was collected by William Anderson, surgeon and naturalist on Captain James Cook’s third voyage in 1777 when it visited Adventure Bay, Tasmania. He named it Motacilla … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Superb Warblers
Date:
C1790
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
175mm
x 220mm
Paper Size:
242mm
x 293mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1790
Description:
Rare c.18th engraving of the Superb Fairy-wren.
The first specimen of the Superb Fairy-wren was collected by William Anderson, surgeon and naturalist on Captain James Cook’s third voyage in 1777 when it visited Adventure Bay, Tasmania. He named it Motacilla cyanea but did not live to publish his findings, these were described by his assistant William Ellis n 1782.
Modern common name; Superb Fairy-wren, Superb Blue Wren, Fairy Wren
Modern binomial name; Malurus cyaneus
First described; Ellis 1782
Distribution; SA, VIC, TAS, NSW & QLD.
From White, Journal of A Voyage of New South Wales.
References:
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987 ::.
Crittenden, V. A Bibliography Of The First Fleet. ACT 1982 :: 248.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 :: 97.
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 :: 1858.
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995: 4390.
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: Call Number: MRB/Q991/2A2
National Library Australia: Bib ID 87340
State Library Victoria: RARELTF ; 919.44 W58
State Library South Australia: RGS Special Coll. 994.402 W585 b
:
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987 ::.
Crittenden, V. A Bibliography Of The First Fleet. ACT 1982 :: 248.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 :: 97.
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 :: 1858.
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995: 4390.
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: Call Number: MRB/Q991/2A2
National Library Australia: Bib ID 87340
State Library Victoria: RARELTF ; 919.44 W58
State Library South Australia: RGS Special Coll. 994.402 W585 b
:
Sarah Stone (1760 - 1844)
Known as Sarah Smith or Sarah Stone, she was the daughter of a professional fan painter and worked as a natural history illustrator in England between 1777 and 1820. Like many British artists she never travelled to the Southern Hemisphere, although she is best known for her depictions of Australian subjects. Stone was commissioned by some of the great eighteenth-century collectors, including Sir Ashton Lever and Sir Joseph Banks, to prepare watercolour drawings based on specimens of animals, birds and objects brought back to England by members of recent voyages of exploration. In many cases her drawings were the first studies of certain natural history species, a fact which makes them of considerable scientific interest. Some of her watercolours recording the collections of artefacts and natural history gathered on the voyages of Captain James Cook are among the treasures of the Australian Museum in Sydney and the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. As Miss Stone, 'Honorary Exhibitor’, she exhibited four paintings at the Royal Academy in 1781 and 1786: two of birds, a peacock and a group of shells. As Mrs Smith, she showed a perspective view of Sir Ashton Lever’s Museum with the London Society of Artists at Leicester House in 1791 – previously exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1785.
