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Macropus fuliginosus, 1858

 File — Box: 38, Folder: 744
Macropus fulginosus
Macropus fulginosus

Dates

  • Creation: 1858

Physical Description

Lighter drawing paper Full sheet pencil; watercolor

General

Finished watercolor study of one animal, not very close in pose or specifics to the published plate; note in lower right corner, hard to read: "Kangaroo Eul[?] / Paris / aussi grand que"; financial calculation. Gould's text relates that the two animals in the plate were taken from specimens in the Paris and Leyden museums (cf. Gould item 745). Artist's name(s): Richter, Henry Constantine.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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