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English flora and fauna illustrator (1770–1801)
Bruguiera gymnorhiza by Frederick Polydore Nodder
First published illustration of a
platypus , by Frederick Nodder in 1799
Frederick Polydore Nodder (
fl. 1770 – 1801) was an English illustrator, engraver, painter, and publisher.
Nodder illustrated and published
George Shaw 's periodical The Naturalist's Miscellany,
[1] and Thomas Martyn's Flora Rustica .
[2] He also helped
Joseph Banks prepare the
Banks' Florilegium and converted most of
Sydney Parkinson 's Australian plant drawings from the
Endeavour expedition into paintings and helped engrave them for publication. He illustrated the first published
scientific description of the duck-billed
platypus .
[3] There are Nodder drawings and paintings of Australian birds and butterflies in the Natural History Division of the
National Museum of Ireland .
[4] [
incomplete short citation ]
Toward the end of his life, his second son Richard P. Nodder began contributing illustrations to The Naturalist's Miscellany , and after his death Frederick's wife
Elizabeth took over as publisher. Family members with other initials also contributed illustrations.
[2]
See also
^ Shaw, George; Nodder, Frederick Polydore; Nodder, Elizabeth; Nodder, Richard Polydore; McMillan, Buchanan; Leach, William Elford (1789–1813).
The Naturalist's Miscellany . London: Nodder & Co.
doi :
10.5962/bhl.title.79941 .
^
a
b Dickinson, Edward C.; Bruce, Murray; Dowsett, Robert (October 2006).
"Vivarium naturae or the naturalist's miscellany (1789–1813) by George Shaw: an assessment of the dating of the parts and volumes" . Archives of Natural History . 33 (2). The Society for the History of Natural History: 322–343.
doi :
10.3366/anh.2006.33.2.322 – via ResearchGate.
^ Shaw, George; Nodder, Frederick Polydore (1799).
"The Duck-Billed Platypus, Platypus anatinus" . The Naturalist's Miscellany . 10 (CXVIII): 385–386.
doi :
10.5962/p.304567 .
^
"Nodder, Frederick Polydore" . www.anbg.gov.au . Retrieved 2 February 2020 .
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