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The Porcupine Ant-Eater (Echidna)

Frederick Polydore NODDER (etcher), Port Jackson Painter (after)
The Porcupine Ant-Eater (Echidna)
 1792
plate 109 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, vol. 3, 1792

Medium
hand-coloured etching

Measurements
9.9 × 19.7 cm (image) 10.4 × 19.7 cm (plate) 13.8 × 23.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Yvonne Pettengell Bequest, 2015

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: 109
printed in ink l.c.: London, Published July 1st (st in superscript over . ) 1792. by F. P. Nodder & Co (o in superscript over . ) / No (o in superscript over . ) / 15 Brewer St.

Accession Number
2015.477

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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