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ALSO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT HIGH DPI RESOLUTION, PLEASE EMAIL FOR INFO. Exquisite circa 1860s Hand Colored Engraving - Antique Art Print MAMMALIA Order: Marsupialia - Genera: Hypsyprymnus - Families: Macropodidae, Phascolomydae CLOSE UP ABOVE OF PART OF THE PRINT - TO SHOW NICE DETAIL OF THE HAND COLOURED ENGRAVING Hyps minor --- Potoroo, or Kangaroo Rat Giganteus --- Great Kangaroo Ursinus - Wombat ARTIST: Chas. LANDSEER - ENGRAVER: J. W. LOWRY PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM MACKENZIE, GLASGOW, EDINGBURGH, LONDON & NEW YORK Approximate Overall Size: 7 X 10 1/2 inches - (18 x 26.5 cm) FROM THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY c. 1860 - BY SIR JOHN RICHARDSON, AUTHOR OF THE FAUNA BOREALI AMERICANA, ARCTIC SEARCH AFTER SIR JOHN FRANKLIN - WILLIAM S. DALLAS, CURATOR OF YORK MUSEUM: AUTHOR OF TREATISE ON ZOOLOGY, ELEMENTS OF ENTOMOLOGY - T. SPENCER COBBOLD, EMERITUS CURATOR OF ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, AND FORMERLY LECTURER ON BOTANY, ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, LONDON - WILLIAM BAIRD, AUTHOR OF NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH ENTOMOSTRACA; CYCLOPAEDIA OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES, &C. - ADAM WHITE, AUTHOR OF POPULAR TREATISES ON ZOOLOGY, INSECTS, CRUSTACEA, &C. - CURATORS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. POTOROO: Any small kangaroo belonging to Hypsiprymnus, Bettongia, and allied genera, native of Australia and Tasmania. Called also kangaroo rat. - GREAT KANGAROO: very large grayish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas. - WOMBAT: Any of several stocky burrowing Australian marsupials of the family Vombatidae, somewhat resembling a small bear and feeding mainly on grass, leaves, and roots. CONDITION: Suitable browning from age with some soiling. About a 1/2 inch tear at bottom margin area, not in the image at all, otherwise in Very Good Condition. Images are sharp and clear with beautiful detail and in Very Good Condition. Blank on Reverse side. Printed on heavier paper. This exquisite engraving would look lovely framed. An art supply store can provide you with a selection of frames for old art treasures We do have more than 1 in stock of some of these so the image shown may be a stock photo, so please do contact US with any concerns about condition. N° de ref. del artículo 5441
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