Atlantic bluefin tuna
(c. 1858); published 1885
plate 44 from Natural History of Victoria. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria, or Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of all Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals, vol. 1, by Frederick McCoy, published by George Robertson, Melbourne, 1885
Medium
colour lithograph
Measurements
22.2 × 11.8 cm (image) 27.0 × 17.5 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John McPhee through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2026
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Printing/Publishing
printed by John Ferres; published by George Robertson, Melbourne, 1885
Inscription
printed in ink u.l.: Pl. 44
printed in ink u.c.: MEMOIRS OF THE MUSEUM
printed in ink u.r.: ZOOLOGY OF VICTORIA / (Fishes)
printed in ink l.l.: Ludwig Becker, del. & lith.
printed in ink l.c.: Prof.M’Coy, dirext.
printed in ink l.r.: Hamel & Co. imp.
Accession Number
2026.264
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings