[The Mammals of Australia], 1869 / prints by Helena Forde and Harriet Scott
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[The Mammals of Australia], 1869 / prints by Helena Forde and Harriet Scott
[The Mammals of Australia], 1869 / prints by Helena Forde and Harriet Scott
About this item
Full title
Date
1869
Call Numbers
DGD 17
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
16 prints - 55.3 x 55.5 cm. or smaller - lithographs
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1. The Duck-billed Platypus / (Ornithorhynchus Anatinus.) / Helena Forde, del. et lith.
2. The Australian Hedgehog [i.e. echidna] / (Echidna Hystrix) / Harriet Scott
3. The Native Cat [i.e. quolls] / (Dasyurus Viverrinus.) / Helena Forde
4. The Tasmanian Tiger. / (Thylacinus Cynocephalus.) / Harriet Scott
5. The Black-Striped Wallaby. /...
Alternative Titles
Full title
[The Mammals of Australia], 1869 / prints by Helena Forde and Harriet Scott
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
Each print was based on photograph ""from life, by Victor A Prout""
The prints form a set of uncoloured illustrations that were used for Gerard Krefft's publication, ""The Mammals of Australia""
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled at centre below image in black ink.
Publication details printed beneath title, ""Sydney, N.S.W. - Thomas Richards, Government Printer - 1869"".
Artists' details are printed in black ink at lower left beneath image.
8 drawings are inscribed, ""Helena Forde, del. et lith""
8 drawings are inscribed, ""Harriet Scott, del. et lith""
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Sir William Dixson, 1951
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DGD 17
Record Identifier
YzOgKyG9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOgKyG9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
440264
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