Title

Un opossum de la terre Van-Diemen. [A possum from Van Diemen's land].

Source

Cook, James. Troisieme voyage de Cook ou voyage a l'ocean pacifique. Paris : Hotel de Thou, 1785.

Page or Plate number

plate 8

Date made

1784 – c.1786

Place made

Europe, France, Ile-de-France, Paris View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Support

medium-weight smooth off-white laid paper

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso upper right in black pencil, '$16'.

IRN

207544

Accession number

2011.111

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 4, 2010/2011 (2011-02-22)

Provenance

Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Ted and Gina Gregg, Sydney, February 2011.

Credit line

Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg, 2010

Subject categories

Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: English | Australia, Animal: Possum

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013