Summary

Pencil illustration of the forefoot and hindfoot of Leadbeater's Possum, Gymnobelideus leadbeateri, by John James Wild. 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.

Wild'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 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 Unfortunately, almost 90 plates in the collection remain unpublished, and hundreds of illustrations were either not completed or not printed.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, <em>Gymnobelideus leadbeateri</em>, McCoy 1867, forefoot and hindfoot, by John James Wild (del & lith). Unnumbered illustration b - pencil on paper, 7cm x 11cm, finally published on Plate 91 in the Prodromus of Zoology by Frederick McCoy, along with McCoy's original description of <em>G. leadbeateri</em>.

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