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Zubiani (etcher)
Antoine Charles Vauthier (draughtsman)
Ornithorhyncus paradoxus (after 1828)
etching
14.6 × 21.5 cm (plate) 17.5 × 25.3 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John McPhee through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2026
© Public Domain
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Medium
etching
Measurements
14.6 × 21.5 cm (plate) 17.5 × 25.3 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
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Inscription
printed in ink u.l.: Enc. Fasc. XXI
printed in ink u.c.: zoologia
printed in ink u.r.: Tav. VI
printed in ink l.l.: Vauthier dis.
printed in ink l.c.: ORNITORINCO PARADOSSALE. ORNITHORHYNCHUS PARADOXUS. Blum.
printed in ink l.r.: M. Zubiani inc
Accession Number
2026.294
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings