The Skinc-formed Lizard. Australian Blue-Tongued Lizard, Eggs, Young c1790.

by White, John

18th century antique print for John White's Journal.

Rare original copperplate engraving with fine later colour, for the Surgeon General of the First Fleet and Settlement at Port Jackson in New South Wales, Australia, John White. An avid amateur naturalist, John White sent his collection on illustrations and specimens of natural history to his friend, surgeon Thomas Wilson in England, to arrange for their publication. Sarah Stone drew forty-nine of the sixty-five specimens that were then engraved by five London nature artists, Frederick Nodder, Charles Catton Jr., Edward Kennion, Mortimer, and Sarah Stone. The Journal was for the most part, published uncoloured. A small number of illustrations were published with contemporary colour (from time of publication) for a deluxe edition, printed on laid paper.

there is faint foxing on this wonderful engraving. Size of page: 28 x 22cm (11 x 8.5 inches)