National Gallery of Victoria
Visit
Tickets
Plan Your Visit
Access
Booked Tours
Dining
Venue hire
What’s On
Exhibitions
Events
Tours
Art & Design
Collection
Channel
Conservation
Research & Archives
Publications
Learn
Kids
Teens
Teachers & Students
Adults
Support & Join
Donate
Membership
Partnerships
NGVWA
Shop
Search
Menu
Search
Collection Online
Search
Browse by artist name
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
George BROWNING
Marsupial mother
Medium
oil on paper on cardboard
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1959
© National Gallery of Victoria
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on paper on cardboard
Measurements
20.0 × 27.4 cm
Inscription
inscribed in black paint
l.l.:
G. Browning
inscribed in pen and ink on paper label on reverse
c.:
GEORGE BROWNING / 99 CAMPBELL ST HEATHMONT, VIC. / WU 7077 / MARSUPIAL MOTHER
Accession Number
347-5
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1959
© National Gallery of Victoria
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Animals
Subjects (specific)
bandicoot
marsupials
mothers
shelters (single built works)
tunnels
underground (positional attribute)
Explore the collection
A Young bull
Jan KOBELL
Drawing with sign 'Beware of the Pike'
Charles Samuel KEENE
Goat and two kids (A Man's Sketchbook I)
UNKNOWN; Nicolaes BERCHEM (after)
Anguish
August Friedrich Albrecht SCHENCK
Bullfight
Pablo PICASSO
No title (Snake)
Steven WORRELL
Walking in tall grass - Grace
Jan NELSON
Topsy
Donald MacLAUGHLAN
Composition
Johnny FRIEDLAENDER
The ancient prehistoric animals
Murray WALKER
Le Poisson Volant (No.XVI)
Georges ROUAULT
Border
(ITALY)
Chair
CHINESE
Portrait of the favourite actor
G. LUCAS
The Bull
Aba BAYEFSKY
Untitled
Nicolaes BERCHEM
Three sheep (A Woman's Sketchbook II)
UNKNOWN; Nicolaes BERCHEM (after)
Kandakidj (Antilopine kangaroo)
Curly Bardkadubbu
TILE
TILE
Tiger back view
John Macallan SWAN
Boy with a dog
Edwin LANDSEER
Man on horseback
Charles PARROCEL
Portion of bed hanging
(ITALY)
Design for a cup
Erasmus HORNICK
Studies of animals
Eugene VERBOECKHOVEN
Three Hounds
Nicolaes BERCHEM
The Little horse
UNKNOWN; Albrecht DÜRER (after)
Group hunting animals
William Barak
Two Sheep Lying Down, One Standing
Nicolaes BERCHEM
Visit
Tickets
Plan Your Visit
Access
Booked Tours
Dining
Venue hire
What’s On
Exhibitions
Events
Tours
Art & Design
Collection
Channel
Conservation
Research & Archives
Publications
Learn
Kids
Teens
Teachers & Students
Adults
Support & Join
Donate
Membership
Partnerships
NGVWA
Shop
Follow the NGV
Instagram
Facebook
LinkedIn
Youtube
Twitter
Threads
Spotify
Weibo
We Chat
Redbook - xiaohongshu