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C1800
Pygmy Opossum
Artist:
Moses Griffith (1747 - 1819)
An early engraving of the Eastern Pygmy Possum Binomial name: Cercartetus nanusFirst described: Desmarest, 1818Distribution: SA, VIC, TAS, NSW & QLD From Shaw’s, The Natural History Of Quadrupeds and Cetaceous Animals.
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Full Title:
Pygmy Opossum
Date:
C1800
Artist:
Moses Griffith (1747 - 1819)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
208mm
x 90mm
Paper Size:
124mm
x 208mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1800
Description:
An early engraving of the Eastern Pygmy Possum
Binomial name: Cercartetus nanus
First described: Desmarest, 1818
Distribution: SA, VIC, TAS, NSW & QLD
From Shaw’s, The Natural History Of Quadrupeds and Cetaceous Animals.
Biography:
Moses Griffith (1747-1819)
Water-colour painter with no formal training but in 1769 he was engaged by Thomas Pennant who in discovering his aptitude as a draughtsman employed him to illustrate his tours. He then provided a number of illustrations for Pennant’s, Genera of Birds.
