C1789

White Fronted Heron

Artist:

Ann Latham (1772 - 1835)

The first engraving of the White-fronted Heron, from a specimen collected in Australia in the first year of the founding of the colony in 1788. Common name: white-faced heron or white-fronted heronBinomial name: Egretta novaehollandiaeFirst described: Latham 1790Distribution: Australia wide … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

White Fronted Heron

Date:

C1789

Artist:

Ann Latham (1772 - 1835)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size: 

185mm 
x 260mm
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White Fronted Heron - Antique Print from 1789

Genuine antique
dated:

1789

Description:

The first engraving of the White-fronted Heron, from a specimen collected in Australia in the first year of the founding of the colony in 1788.

Common name: white-faced heron or white-fronted heron
Binomial name: Egretta novaehollandiae
First described: Latham 1790
Distribution: Australia wide

From Phillips, A Voyage to Botany Bay.

Artist:

Ann Latham (1772-1835)

Ann Latham was John Latham’s daughter, and she assisted her father in painting birds, mammals and butterflies for her father. She also recorded the first Australian bird species sent to London. The watercolours were made before her marriage in 1795 to a surgeon in Winchester. After 1795 Ann stopped helping her father.

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