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C1871
The Ring-tailed Opossum (Phalangista Cooki)
Artist:
 Large lithograph of the Ringtail Possum by one of the few colonial Australian female artists, Harriet Scott. Common name: Common Ringtail Possum Binomial name: Pseudocheirus peregrinus First described: Boddaert, 1795 Distribution: WA, SA, TAS, VIC, NSW, QLD From Kreft, G. Mammals … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Ring-tailed Opossum (Phalangista Cooki)
Date:
C1871
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph with original hand colouring and gum Arabic highlights.
Image Size:
320mm
x 420mm
Paper Size:
320mm
x 427mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1871
Description:
 Large lithograph of the Ringtail Possum by one of the few colonial Australian female artists, Harriet Scott.
Common name: Common Ringtail Possum
Binomial name: Pseudocheirus peregrinus
First described: Boddaert, 1795
Distribution: WA, SA, TAS, VIC, NSW, QLD
From Kreft, G. Mammals of Australia.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 11248
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 87090
University Library Melbourne: Call No: 599 K92
State Library New South Wales: Record Identifier 74VvrBpxqXwX
State Library Victoria: RARELTEFÂ ;Â 599 K87
Harriet Scott (1830 - 1907)
Scott and her sister Helena Forde (1832-1910) (nee Scott) were born in the Rocks area of Sydney to Harriet Calcott, daughter of an ex-convict, and Alexander Walter Scott, a wealthy man who would become known in the colony as an entomologist, grazier and entrepreneur. Helena and Harriet (known as the Scott sisters) were two of 19th century Australia’s most prominent natural history illustrators and possibly the first professional female illustrators in the country. In 1846, Harriet and Helena, then aged 16 and 14, moved from Sydney to the isolated Ash Island in the Hunter River estuary with their mother, Harriet Calcott, and father, entomologist and entrepreneur Alexander Walker Scott. There, surrounded by unspoilt native vegetation and under the inspiring tutelage of their artistic father, their shared fascination with the natural world grew. For almost 20 years, the sisters lived and worked on the island, faithfully recording its flora and fauna, especially the butterflies and moths. The sisters continued to draw and paint commercially for the rest of their lives. Harriet drew botanical illustrations for the 1879, 1884 and 1886 editions of the Railway Guide to New South Wales, and they both executed designs for Australia’s first Christmas cards in 1879. Harriet died at Granville NSW in 1907 and Helena in 1910. Reference; Australian Museum.
