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C1802
Viverrine Opossum & var.
Early cpper engraving of the Eastern Quoll. The first sighting of the Eastern Quoll was made by Joseph Banks on 1 May 1770 at Botany Bay. “Named the ‘je-Quoll’ by the natives”, August 1770 Joseph Banks. Julian Crozet, observed March … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Viverrine Opossum & var.
Date:
C1802
Condition:
One faint spot otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
185mm
x 85mm
Paper Size:
208mm
x 123mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1802
Description:
Early cpper engraving of the Eastern Quoll.
The first sighting of the Eastern Quoll was made by Joseph Banks on 1 May 1770 at Botany Bay. “Named the ‘je-Quoll’ by the natives”, August 1770 Joseph Banks.
Julian Crozet, observed March 1772, “Our hunters met a tiger cat and found several holes like those in a warren”, Blackman’s Bay, Tasmania.
Common names: Eastern Quoll, Eastern Native Cat & Quoll.
Modern binomial: name Dasyurus viverrinus
First described: Shaw 1800
Distribution: SA, VIC, TAS & NSW
Reference: The Mammals of Australia, Strahan, 2nd edition. Page: 70-71, ill.71
From Shaw’s, “Vivarium naturae or The Naturalists’ miscellany.” The figures drawn by Frederick P. Nodder.
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.
