UNKNOWN (engraver)
Echidna
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
7.2 × 15.1 cm irreg. (image) 16.6 × 25.2 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
Paris, France

Printing/Publishing
published by P. Pourrat Frères, Paris

Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: Echidné Australe Echidna Australis Lefs.
printed in ink l.c.: Publié par Pourrat F. à Paris

Accession Number
2026.269

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings