Summary

Ink and pencil illustrations of a Barracouta, Thyrsites atun, by Ludwig Becker, 20 August 1858. This work was commissioned by Frederick McCoy, the first Director of The National Museum of Victoria, for Plate 44, Fig. 1, in 'The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria; Figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victoria indigenous animals'.

Becker's illustration forms part of the much larger Prodromus Collection. Many of the original illustrations and prints in the collection informed the production of The Prodromus, the first major zoological publication of the National Museum of Victoria. Between 1878 and 1890, McCoy published his zoology 'Prodromus' as 20 parts in two volumes, with each part comprising 20 Plates. Unfortunately, almost 90 plates in the collection remain unpublished, and hundreds of illustrations were either not completed or not printed.

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Barracouta, Thyrsites atun by Ludwig Becker. Drawing - Pencil and indian ink on paper, 19 cm x 21 cm. Un-numbered drawing commssioned for the publication of Plate 44 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.

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