Phalanger de Cook
Title
Source
Dumont D'Urville, Jules. 'Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee...Atlas [Mammiferes]'. Paris : Gide, 1841-1855.
Page or Plate number
plate 15
Date made
1841-1855
Place made
Europe, France, Ile-de-France, Paris View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured
Matrix size
41.4 x 27.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
white wove paper
Support size
54.6 x 35.4 cm (sheet)
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
no inscriptions
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, 'N04/OFC'.
Subject description
Australian ring-tailed possum
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
120781
Accession number
2005.1098
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 3, 2005/2006 (2005-12-07)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from the Cabinet of Discoveries, Canberra, December 2005.
Credit line
Purchased 2005
Subject categories
Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French | Australia, Animal: Possum
Creators
Werner, Jacques Christophe. | (1798–1856) French | Male | print after
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013