A hitherto unrecorded engraving, dated 1803, can now be shown to be the first depiction of an Australian Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans) made in France. The engraving was made by François Nicolas Martinet, the ornithological specialist famous for his work with the Comte de Buffon. Quite apart from the intrinsic interest of the image, its history sheds light on the earliest phase of the collection of Josephine Bonaparte at Malmaison, her property on the western outskirts of Paris, and the substantial work she was overseeing in the first years of the century, especially in respect of the natural history collections made during the voyage to Australia of Nicolas Baudin in 1800–04. The plate also provides the key to the story of Martinet’s final, abandoned publication, a work that was advertised in 1804 but never completed, copies of which are held in the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives and in Trinity College, Hartford, CT.

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约瑟芬的深红色玫瑰茄

迄今为止未记录的版画，日期为 1803 年，现在可以证明是法国制造的澳大利亚深红色蔷薇（Platycercus elegans）的第一幅描绘。这幅版画由以与布冯伯爵合作而闻名的鸟类学专家弗朗索瓦·尼古拉斯·马丁内 (François Nicolas Martinet) 制作。除了图像的内在兴趣之外，它的历史还揭示了约瑟芬波拿巴在马尔迈松的最早收藏阶段，她在巴黎西郊的财产，以及她在本世纪头几年监督的大量工作，尤其是在 1800-04 年尼古拉斯·鲍丹（Nicolas Baudin）前往澳大利亚的航程中收集的自然历史收藏。该板块还提供了马丁内特最终被废弃出版物的故事的关键，该作品于 1804 年进行了广告宣传，但从未完成，