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Panel 2    Brilliant Curiosities

Emu

V. Woodthorpe (fl.1794c.1802)
Emu
Modern scientific name: Dromaius novaehollandiae
hand-coloured engraving; 20.5 x 12.5 cm
London: M. Jones, 1802
Rex Nan Kivell Collection
National Library of Australia
NK894

Woodthorpe was an engraver who, despite the significant number of Australian images he produced, never visited this country. It has been suggested that his work was based on the drawings of other artists such as Thomas Watling, who arrived in Sydney in 1792 after being convicted of forgery.


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