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Alexandre Massard (engraver)
Jean-Gabriel Prêtre (draughtsman)
Eastern quoll (Le dasyure viverrin) published 1837
hand-coloured engraving
11.0 × 23.5 cm irreg.(image) 23.3 × 32.5 cm (plate) 34.8 × 43.4 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John McPhee through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2026
© Public Domain
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Eastern quoll
(Le dasyure viverrin)
published 1837
plate 38 from Journal de la navigation autour du globe de la fregate la Thetis et de la corvette I'Esperance pendant les annees 1824, 1825, et 1826 (Journal of the navigation around the globe by the frigate Thetis and the corvette Espérance during the years 1824, 1825, and 1826), atlas volume, by Hyacinthe de Bougainville, published by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1837
Medium
hand-coloured engraving
Measurements
11.0 × 23.5 cm irreg.(image) 23.3 × 32.5 cm (plate) 34.8 × 43.4 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
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
printed in ink u.r.: Pl. 38
printed in ink l.l.: Prêtre del.
printed in ink l.c.: 3/4
printed in ink l.c.: LE DASYURE VIVERRIN.
printed in ink l.c.: N. Rémond imp
printed in ink l.r.: Massard sc.
Accession Number
2026.283
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings