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The Rostrated Ray (Eastern Shovelnose Ray)
by Frederick Polydore Nodder
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DONCASTER EAST, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
1794. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 110mm by 195mm (platemark). From Shaw & Nodder's 'The Naturalist's Miscellany, or Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature 1790-1813'.
Accompanied by original descriptive text. Frederick Polydore Nodder was a gifted natural history artist and engraver. Nodder honed his draftsmanship working on Captain Cook and Joseph Banks' Florilegium and engraving Sydney Parkinson's sketches of Australian plants. He was made botanic painter to her majesty Queen Charlotte in 1785. Nodder also drew the botanical studies in Thomas Martyn's Flora Rustica (1792) and 38 Plates (1799). Most of the 1,064 illustrations of animals, birds, insects, crustaceans, fishes, marine life and microscopic creatures for the Naturalist's Miscellany were drawn, engraved and published by Frederick Nodder's family. Frederick himself drew and engraved many of the copperplates until his death. His wife Elizabeth is credited as publisher on the volumes after 1801. Their son Richard Polydore (1774-1823) was responsible for the plates signed RN or RPN. Richard exhibited at the Royal Academy and became botanic painter to King George III. The illustrations are characterized by vivid colouring, fine detail, and a certain posed stiffness in the ornithological portraits, perhaps because they were sketched from dead specimens. CONDITION : A couple of tiny indented marks. Slight waviness to the sheet.
Accompanied by original descriptive text. Frederick Polydore Nodder was a gifted natural history artist and engraver. Nodder honed his draftsmanship working on Captain Cook and Joseph Banks' Florilegium and engraving Sydney Parkinson's sketches of Australian plants. He was made botanic painter to her majesty Queen Charlotte in 1785. Nodder also drew the botanical studies in Thomas Martyn's Flora Rustica (1792) and 38 Plates (1799). Most of the 1,064 illustrations of animals, birds, insects, crustaceans, fishes, marine life and microscopic creatures for the Naturalist's Miscellany were drawn, engraved and published by Frederick Nodder's family. Frederick himself drew and engraved many of the copperplates until his death. His wife Elizabeth is credited as publisher on the volumes after 1801. Their son Richard Polydore (1774-1823) was responsible for the plates signed RN or RPN. Richard exhibited at the Royal Academy and became botanic painter to King George III. The illustrations are characterized by vivid colouring, fine detail, and a certain posed stiffness in the ornithological portraits, perhaps because they were sketched from dead specimens. CONDITION : A couple of tiny indented marks. Slight waviness to the sheet.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sebra Prints
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1250
- Title
- The Rostrated Ray (Eastern Shovelnose Ray)
- Author
- Frederick Polydore Nodder
- Format/Binding
- Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1794
- Keywords
- rostrated, ray, nodder, shovelnose, engraving, print
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About the Seller
Sebra Prints
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DONCASTER EAST, Victoria
About Sebra Prints
Sebra Prints opened in August 2003 out of a passion for antique prints, and a desire to offer good quality, original prints, across a wide range of topics. We specialise in antique engravings and lithographs from 17th,18th and 19th centuries as well as some early 20th century works. We cover a huge range of styles, artists and subject matter.
Sebra Prints is aowned by Dafydd Davies has over 20 years experience dealing with antique prints, both in Australia and in London. The name Sebra comes from an admiration for the mezzotint engraving of a zebra after George Stubbs which is titled 'Sebra'.
Sebra Prints is aowned by Dafydd Davies has over 20 years experience dealing with antique prints, both in Australia and in London. The name Sebra comes from an admiration for the mezzotint engraving of a zebra after George Stubbs which is titled 'Sebra'.
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