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The Duck-Billed Platypus

The Duck-Billed Platypus
1799
plate 386 from The Naturalist’s Miscellany, or Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature by George Shaw, published by Nodder & Co., London, 1799, vol. 10

Medium
hand-coloured etching and roulette

Measurements
18.0 × 10.5 cm (image and plate) 23.0 × 13.1 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Joe White Bequest, 2014

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Inscription
printed in ink u.r.: 386. (6 in reverse)
printed in ink l.l.: S
printed in ink l.c.: Pubd, (d in superscript over , ) by F P Nodder June 1799.

Accession Number
2014.299

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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