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New Holland cassowaries, Kangaroo Island

New Holland cassowaries, Kangaroo Island
(Casoars de la Nouvelle-Hollande Emu of New Holland)
1824
plate 66 in the Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands) atlas. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1824, 2nd edition

Medium
hand-coloured engraving and etching printed in brown and black ink
Measurements
24.2 × 31.6 cm (plate) 27.9 × 37.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
printed in ink above image u.r.: 66 .
printed in ink (in image) c.l.: 1.
printed in ink (in image) c.: 2 .
printed in ink (in image) c.r.: 3 .
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: C.A. Lesneur del. J.Milbert direx. F.res (res in superscript above . ) Lambert sculp.
printed in ink below image l.c.: NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE : ÎLE DES KANGUROOS . / CASOAR de la N.elle (elle in superscript above . ) Hollande . (Casuarius noveœ Hollandiœ . Lath .) / 1. Casoar mâle . 2 . Casoar fémelle . 3 . Juene Casoar de 5 Semaines environ . Les deux individus marqués de bandes longitudinales sont âgés de 20 à 25 jours .
Accession Number
2010.96.67
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Joe White Bequest, 2010
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display

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