Koala, Brun [Koala, brown]
![Artist: b'Werner, Jacques Christophe.' | Title: b'Koala, Brun [Koala, brown]' | Date: 1841-1855 | Technique: b'etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured'](/media/cache/09/82/09820363bbf9c6c255fcff87c187c418.jpg)
Primary Artist
Jacques Christophe Werner (1798–1856)
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 17.
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
41.2 x 27.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
white wove paper
Support size
54.8 x 35.6 cm (sheet)
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed upper left verso in black pencil, '3747494126'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
141903
Accession number
2005.1099
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: Koala
Creators
Werner, Jacques Christophe. | (1798–1856) French | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013