Cassowary of New South Wales.
Primary Artist
Sarah Stone (1762–1844)
Title
Cassowary of New South Wales.
Other titles
New Holland Cassowary [list of plates]
Source
John White, 'Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions'. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1790
Page or Plate number
plate 1, facing page 129
Date made
29 December 1789 (imprint)Place made
London, Greater London, England View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Text printed from matrix
printed lower left below image, 'S Stone Delin'.
printed lower centre below image, Cassowary of New South Wales.'.
printed lower centre below title, 'London Published Dec: 29, 1789, by J.Debrett.'.
Matrix size
22.6 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)
Edition information
This print was issued in two forms:
uncoloured, printed on soft white wove paper (in standard issue of book)
hand-coloured, printed on smooth wove Whatman paper (in special issue of book).
Although the print-run for the publication is unknown, there were some 750 subscribers for the book and the publication, in various editions and format, was available for some years.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Stone, Sarah. | (1762–1844) English | Female | print after
Debrett, John. | (1753–1822) English | Male | publisher
Last Updated
12 Jul 2026
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 2025.179
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
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