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
Gift of John McPhee through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2026