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Cook’s phalanger

UNKNOWN (engraver)
Cook’s phalanger
(Phalanger de Cook)
 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
14.5 cm × 10.0 cm irreg. (image) 24.6 × 16.4 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

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Printing/Publishing
published by Pourrat brothers, Paris

Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: Phalanger de Cook Phalangista Cookii. / Publié par Pourrat f. à Paris

Accession Number
2026.266

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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