Summary

Pencil layout of Leadbeater's Possum, Gymnobelideus leadbeateri, by John J. Wild, 1884. This work was commissioned by Frederick McCoy, the first Director of The National Museum of Victoria, for Plate 91 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria; Figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victoria indigenous animals. A similar layout illustration for Plate 121, a Bearded Dragon, Pogona barbata, is on the reverse side.

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 Unfortunately, almost 90 plates in the collection remain unpublished, and hundreds of illustrations were either not completed or not printed.

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Leadbeater's Possum, Gymnobelideus leadbeateri by J.J Wild (del & lith). Drawing - Pencil on paper, 19cm x 25cm. Unnumbered drawing a published as Plate 91 in the Prodromus of Zoology by Frederick McCoy.

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