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Wombats (Phascolonus wombat. N.), King Island, Bass Strait

CHOUBARD (engraver), Charles-Alexandre LESUEUR (after)
Wombats (Phascolonus wombat. N.), King Island, Bass Strait
(Wombat de l'ile King, dans le détroit de Bass)
 1824
plate 58 in the Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands) atlas. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1824, 2nd edition

Medium
hand-coloured engraving and etching

Measurements
24.2 × 31.8 cm (plate) 27.6 × 37.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Joe White Bequest, 2010

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
printed in ink above image u.r.: 58 .
Printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: C.A. Lesneur del. J.Milbert direx. Chaubard sculpsit.
printed in ink below image l.c.: NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE : Île King . LE WOMBAT . (Phascolonus wombat. N.)

Accession Number
2010.96.59

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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