Title

Didelphis Giganta, Mauopus Major or Kangaroo. Dipus Jaculus, common Jeroboa or Alataga.

Date made

1808

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed title lower centre left below image in black ink, 'Didelphis Giganta, Mauopus Major or Kangaroo'. Printed title lower centre right below image in black ink, 'Dipus Jaculus, common Jeroboa or Alataga'. Printed insription upper centre above image, 'NATURAL HISTORY'. Printed inscription lower centre below image, 'Drawn from life by S Edwards'. Printed inscription lower centre right below image, 'London Published by C.Kearsley. Fleet Street, July, 1808'.

Edition information

edition unknown

Production notes

The plates were published hand-coloured.

Subject category

Australia, Animal: Kangaroo

Legacy id

159056

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013