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Richard Polydore Nodder (etcher)
Porcupine opossum published 1796-1797
hand-coloured etching
14.7 × 10.0 cm irreg. (image) 15.0 × 10.0 cm (plate) 22.9 × 13.7 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John McPhee through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2026
© Public Domain
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Porcupine opossum
published 1796-1797
plate 298 from The Naturalist’s Miscellany, or Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature, vol. 8, by George Shaw, published by Nodder & Co., London, 1796–97
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
14.7 × 10.0 cm irreg. (image) 15.0 × 10.0 cm (plate) 22.9 × 13.7 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
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Printing/Publishing
published by Nodder & Co., London
Inscription
printed in ink u.r.: 298
printed in ink l.l.: RPN
Accession Number
2026.257
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings