Summary
Lithographic proof, single colour ((black) of a young female Australian Fur-seal, Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus, by Ludwig Becker. This work was finally published as Plate 31 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy, the then Director of the National Museum of Victoria.
McCoy originally intended publishing some of his Prodormus works in the Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria.
Description of Content
Australian Fur Seal, Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus by Ludwig Becker. Lithographic print - lithographic ink and pencil on paper, 21cm x 29cm. Single colour proof published as plate 31 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
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Publisher
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Artist & Lithographer
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Medium
lithographic ink
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Technique
Scientific illustration
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Support
Paper
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Plate Number
31
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State
Single colour proof
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Primary Inscriptions
31 [in pencil over printed 11]
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Classification
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Taxon Name
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Author and date of publication
Wood, 1925
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Preferred Common name
Australian Fur-seal
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Subphylum
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Genus
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Species Name
pusillus
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Subspecies
doriferus
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
21 cm (Width), 29 cm (Height)
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References
[Book Series] McCoy, Frederick. 1878-1890. Natural History of Victoria: Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria or Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of All Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals. 1-2.
[Article] Yen, Alan L., et al. 2001. McCoy's Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria: an unfinished task. Vic. Nat. 118 (6): 242-255.
