Scarce c.18th hand coloured engraving of the Emu which had first been sighted on 21st January 1788 by surgeon Arthur Bowes, in Port Jackson and described and drawn in his diary on the transport ship Lady Penrhyn. His diary entry … Read Full Description
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Scarce c.18th hand coloured engraving of the Emu which had first been sighted on 21st January 1788 by surgeon Arthur Bowes, in Port Jackson and described and drawn in his diary on the transport ship Lady Penrhyn. His diary entry describes his observations;
The animals we saw during our stay in New Holland……- a bird of a new genus, as large and high as a Ostrich.
Modern binomial name: Dromaius novaehollandiae
First described: Latham, 1790
Distribution: Australia wide (not including Tasmania)
From Shaw and Nodder, The Naturalist’s Miscellany: or Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature.
References:
Sitwell, S. Fine Bird Books 1700-1900. New York 1990 : p.142.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 95a.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 324780
State Library Victoria: 9912138123607636
State Library New South Wales: IE3202659
State Library Queensland: 06015666
Wellcome Collection: ESTC T197337
Frederick Polydore Nodder (1751 - 1800)
Nodder was an English natural history artist of plants, animals and fauna. He was botanical artist to Queen Charlotte and also worked for Joseph Banks on the monumental publication of the botanical specimens collected on James Cook's first voyage. Known as Banks' Florilegium, it was never printed during Bank's lifetime.
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