A Crimson Rosella for Josephine. (2nd June 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- A Crimson Rosella for Josephine. (2nd June 2021)
- Main Title:
- A Crimson Rosella for Josephine
- Authors:
- Fishburn, Matthew
- Abstract:
- Abstract: A hitherto unrecorded engraving, dated 1803, can now be shown to be the first depiction of an Australian Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans) made in France. The engraving was made by François Nicolas Martinet, the ornithological specialist famous for his work with the Comte de Buffon. Quite apart from the intrinsic interest of the image, its history sheds light on the earliest phase of the collection of Josephine Bonaparte at Malmaison, her property on the western outskirts of Paris, and the substantial work she was overseeing in the first years of the century, especially in respect of the natural history collections made during the voyage to Australia of Nicolas Baudin in 1800–04. The plate also provides the key to the story of Martinet's final, abandoned publication, a work that was advertised in 1804 but never completed, copies of which are held in the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives and in Trinity College, Hartford, CT .
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of the history of collections. Volume 34:Number 2(2022)
- Journal:
- Journal of the history of collections
- Issue:
- Volume 34:Number 2(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 34, Issue 2 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 34
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0034-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 249
- Page End:
- 258
- Publication Date:
- 2021-06-02
- Subjects:
- Collectors and collecting -- Periodicals
Collectors and collecting -- History -- Periodicals
Museums -- Acquisitions -- History -- Periodicals
Collectibles -- History -- Periodicals
069 - Journal URLs:
- http://jhc.oxfordjournals.org/ ↗
http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/jhc/fhab019 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0954-6650
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library DSC - 5000.740000
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