Ludwig BECKER
Leopard seal
(c. 1859); published 1885
plate 21 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
21.3 × 12.0 cm (image) 27.0 × 18.2 cm (sheet)

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

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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. 21
printed in ink u.r.: ZOOLOGY OF VICTORIA / (Mammalia)
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
2026.265

Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings

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