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Platypus, New South Wales.

CHOUBARD (engraver), Charles-Alexandre LESUEUR (after)
Platypus, New South Wales.
(Ornithorinques Platypuses)
 1824
plate 64 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 etching and engraving printed in black and blue ink

Measurements
24.3 × 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.: 64 .
printed in ink (in image): 1 . , 2 .
printed in ink in margin: 3 .
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: C.A. Lesneur del. J.Milbert direx. Chaubard sculp.
printed in ink below image l.c.: NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE : N.ELLE (ELLE in superscript above . ) GALLES DU SUD . / 1. ORNITHORINQUE BRUN . (Ornithornicus Fuscus N. femina .) Poil du dos vû du face (5.) de Profil (6.) / 2. ORNITHORINQUE ROUX (Ornithorincus Rufus N. Mas. ) Poil du dos vû du face (7.) de Profil (8.) / 3 . Tête de l'Orinthorinque Brun mâle sortant des Roseaux . / 4 . Dessous de la queue de l'Orinthorinque roux fémelle, montrant l'ouverture commune aux organes génetaux, aux excrémens et aux urines .
printed in ink below image l.l.: 5. 6.
printed in ink below image l.r.: 8. 7.

Accession Number
2010.96.65

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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