Phalanger de Cook

Title

Phalanger de Cook

Date made

1841-1855

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured

Text printed from matrix

Printed title lower centre within plate, 'PHALANGER DE COOK (Cuv) male, variete albine' Printed lower left below image, 'Peint par Werner'. Printed lower left, 'Gide Editeur'. Printed lower right, below image, 'Grave par A. Dumenil.' Printed lower right, 'Imp. de Bougeard'. Printed, centre below image, 'Dirige par Borromee'. Printed upper left above image, 'VOYAGE AU POLE SUD ET DANS L'OCEANIE'. Printed upper right above image, 'MAMMIFERES PL.15.'

Matrix size

41.4 x 27.8 cm (plate-mark)

Subject categories

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

Subject description

Australian ring-tailed possum

Legacy id

120781

Creators

Werner, Jacques Christophe. | (1798–1856) French | Male | print after

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 2005.1098

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