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Thylacine

UNKNOWN (engraver)
Thylacine
 published 1838
plate from Compléments de Buffon, vol. 1, by René Primevère Lesson, 2nd edition, published by P. Pourrat Frères, Paris, 1838

Medium
hand-coloured engraving

Measurements
6.6 × 15.3 cm irreg. (image) 16.7 × 26.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John McPhee through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2026
© Public Domain

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Printing/Publishing
published by P. Pourrat Frères, Paris

Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: Thylacine de Harris, Thylacinus Harrisii, Femm.
printed in ink l.c.: Publié par Pourrat F. à Paris

Accession Number
2026.271

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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