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Image number: RS.10566
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‘Banksian Cockatoo’
Date
1790
Creator
Sarah Stone (1760 - 1844, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
22426
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 292mm
width (print): 225mm
width (print): 225mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of a Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii), also known as Banks' Black Cockatoo, native to Australia.
Plate 3 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales...by John White (J.Debrett, London, 1790).
The accompanying text states that: “We this day discovered the Banksian Cockatoo. This species was first described by Mr. Latham...In our specimen, the general colour of the bird is olive, or rusty black...These birds have been met with in several parts of New Holland.”
The plate is inscribed: “S.Stone Delin. Banksian Cockatoo. London Published as the Act directs, Dec. 29, 1789, by I.Debrett.”
“The Public may rely, with the most perfect confidence, on the care and accuracy with which the Drawings have been copied from nature, by Miss Stone, Mr.Catton, Mr.Nodder, and other artists; and the Editor flatters himself the Engravings are all executed with equal correctness, by, or under the immediate inspection of Mr.Milton. The Birds, &c. from which the drawings were taken are deposited in the Leverian Museum.”
Plate 3 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales...by John White (J.Debrett, London, 1790).
The accompanying text states that: “We this day discovered the Banksian Cockatoo. This species was first described by Mr. Latham...In our specimen, the general colour of the bird is olive, or rusty black...These birds have been met with in several parts of New Holland.”
The plate is inscribed: “S.Stone Delin. Banksian Cockatoo. London Published as the Act directs, Dec. 29, 1789, by I.Debrett.”
“The Public may rely, with the most perfect confidence, on the care and accuracy with which the Drawings have been copied from nature, by Miss Stone, Mr.Catton, Mr.Nodder, and other artists; and the Editor flatters himself the Engravings are all executed with equal correctness, by, or under the immediate inspection of Mr.Milton. The Birds, &c. from which the drawings were taken are deposited in the Leverian Museum.”
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