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Taeniura lymma [PRG 294/4/8] • Artwork

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Summary

Hoare's image of Taeniura lymma is similar in appearence to a fidler ray and features a decorated disc-like body. The artist has used irredescent blue against a deep brown to capture spots on the upper side of the ray. There is no indication of the relative size of the creature, yet the work is precise and scientific in appearence. Firstly sketched in pencil, the artist has used detailed anatomical illustration to represent unusual features. Close attention has been paid to individual anatomical characteritics, especially around the eye area. Overall, the work appears exact and has realistic qualities, which is testament to the artist's ability to use watercolour and to represent items with accuracy. However, there is some proportional distortion which imposes naivity on the work.

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Physical description

Artwork
watercolour
43.1 cm x 29.7 cm (unframed image)

Dates / Publication details

1869

Artist

Hoare, William Webster

Subject

Hoare, William Webster, 1841-1927
Watercolor painting
Marine animals -- Australia
Natural history illustration -- Northern Territory
Rays (Fishes)
Fishes -- Australia -- Pictorial works

Catalogue record

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Formatted content

PRIMARY INSCRIPTION: (bot r) "W.W. Hoare 8/11/69" (watercolour or ink); SECONDARY INSCRIPTION: (bot r) "PRG 294/4/8" (pencil).

General notes

One of twenty three original artworks of marine and plant life (originally in a sketchbook), executed by William Hoare. Copies only available, with notes by Peter Walker linking the artworks to references in Hoare's diary.

Historical information

William W. Hoare migrated to South Australia with his brother, P.E. Hoare, aboard the 'Irene' in 1862. He was apparently trained as a pharmacist and obtained a position with the 1869-1870 Goyder Surveying Expedition to the Northern Territory as assistant to the surgeon, Dr Peel. He filled his spare time in the camp sketching, and his notebook (series 1) contains many small sketches of natural history that he later worked up into full-size watercolour illustrations (series 4). Goyder, recognising his talent and the contribution he could make, supported these endeavours, providing him with materials and time to work with the expeditions naturalist, Friedrich Schultze. After Hoare's return to Adelaide in 1870, he worked as a dispensing chemist before returning to Britain via New Zealand.

Digitisation information

Date

04/09/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,665 x 5,234 pixels (19.2 MP)

Size

57.58 MB

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