C1887

The Spinous Shark [Bramble Shark ], Echinorhinus Spinosus [Echinorhinus Brucus]

Artist:

Arthur Bartholomew (1834 - 1909)

Lithograph of this very rarely sighted deep water shark. It swims at depths of 400–900m. The specimen used for the illustration was caught off Portland, Victoria by M. Dusting on 24/11/1886. Common name: Bramble Shark  Modern binomial name: Echinorhinus Brucus From McCoy, Prodromus … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

The Spinous Shark [Bramble Shark ], Echinorhinus Spinosus [Echinorhinus Brucus]

Date:

C1887

Artist:

Arthur Bartholomew (1834 - 1909)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Lithograph printed in colour.

Image Size: 

145mm 
x 215mm
AUTHENTICITY
The Spinous Shark [Bramble Shark ], Echinorhinus Spinosus [Echinorhinus Brucus] - Antique Print from 1887

Genuine antique
dated:

1887

Description:

Lithograph of this very rarely sighted deep water shark. It swims at depths of 400–900m. The specimen used for the illustration was caught off Portland, Victoria by M. Dusting on 24/11/1886.

Common name: Bramble Shark 

Modern binomial name: Echinorhinus Brucus
From McCoy, Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria.

Biography:

Arthur Bartholomew (1834-1909)

Bartholomew was born in Bruton, Somerset shire, in 1834. Although little is known about his early life, Bartholomew was apprenticed as an engraver in Exeter and had lithographic training before leaving for Australia in 1852 at 18 years of age and arrived in Melbourne on the Oriental.

Arriving in Melbourne on the Oriental, in December that year he set off to explore the bush before sailing to Tasmania, where he met his future wife, Eliza Ann Nicholls. He soon returned to Melbourne to assist William Blandowski in illustrating specimens for his encyclopedia on the natural history of Australia. When Blandowski set off on an expedition on the Murray River, Bartholomew remained in Melbourne.

With Blandowski in self-imposed exile following his conflict with fellow members of the Philosophical Institute, Bartholomew returned to Longford, Tasmania, marrying Eliza in 1856. They had two children in quick succession, Christianna (1857) and Adelina (1858), before returning to Melbourne where Arthur took up the position which defined his professional career.

On 1 September 1859 Bartholomew was appointed Attendant in the department of Natural History at the newly-opened Melbourne University. For the next six months he attended McCoy’s lectures and assisted in the laboratory, his role expanding in 1860 to take advantage of his artistic ability. McCoy obviously saw Bartholomew’s potential for the ambitious projects which lay ahead.

Bartholomew began both a zoological and geology series for McCoy which would form the basis of the Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria and Prodromus of the Palaeontology of Victoria. During the following four decades he illustrated more than 700 zoological specimens, along with an as-yet undocumented number of palaeontology and geological specimens.

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