Australia: above, a kangaroo; below, a common ringtail possum. Etching by C. Grignion, ca. 1788.

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[1788]
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42085i
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The "opossum" is Pseudocheirus peregrinus, the common ringtail possum

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[London] : [C. Cooke], [1788]

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 32.4 x 21 cm

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Engraved for Bankes's New system of geography published by royal authority. The kanguroo an animal found on the coast of New Holland. The opossum found in the southern extremity of New Holland. Grignion sculp.

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The kangaroo is after a painting by George Stubbs, 1773

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Wellcome Collection 42085i

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