Item PZ 42.5 Lithographic colour print - Spotted Marsh Frog, Lymnodynastes tasmaniensis, and a Pobblebonk, Lymnodynastes dorsalis, by Arthur Bartholomew

Summary

Colour print of a Spotted Marsh Frog, Limnodynastes tasmaniensis, and a Pobblebonk, Limnodynastes dumerilii, by Arthur Bartholomew. This work was commissioned by Frederick McCoy, the first Director of The National Museum of Victoria, for Plate 42 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria; Figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victoria indigenous animals. McCoy originally referred to these species as Lymnodynastes tasmaniensis, The Spotted Marsh-frog, and Lymnodynastes dorsalis, The Common Sand-frog.

This plate 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 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 Unfortunately, almost 90 plates in the collection remain unpublished, and hundreds of illustrations were either not completed or not printed.

Description of Content

Spotted Marsh-Frog/ Pobblebonk, Limnodynastes tasmaniensis (Gunther)/Limnodynastes dumerilli by Arthur Bartholomew by Arthur Bartholomew. Colour plate, lithographic ink on paper, 26cm x 16cm. Published as Plate 42 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.