Banded Hare-Wallaby
by John Gould
Title
Banded Hare-Wallaby
Artist
John Gould
Medium
Drawing - Drawing
Description
Banded Hare-Wallaby by John Gould.
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John Gould's Mammals of Australia (1845–63)
The banded hare-wallaby, mernine, or munning is a marsupial currently found on the Islands of Bernier and Dorre off western Australia. A small population has recently been established on Faure Island.
In 1838, the English ornithologist John Gould set sail for Australia with his wife, the artist Elizabeth Gould. The gorgeous lithographs included in The Mammals of Australia were made by H. C. Richter, based on drawings done by both Elizabeth and John during their time on the continent. These indelible images of the platypus, the sugar glider, and the Tasmanian tiger, among others introduced countless nineteenth-century readers to the existence of these extraordinary creatures.
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June 11th, 2020
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