Newspaper Clipping - McCoy and the Megatherium Cartoon, Melbourne Punch, Apr 1865

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Item MM 137274 Newspaper Clipping - McCoy & the Megatherium Cartoon, Melbourne Punch, Apr 1865

Summary

'The Museum Going Away at Last. McCoy and the Megatherium Tear Themselves Asunder'. Wood-engraving, with unrelated text below and on the reverse, dating to April 1865.

Physical Description

Single page cut from Punch magazine, featuring cartoon wood engraving of a man dressed in academic gown fainting as a large dinosaur skeleton is being led away.

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Museum History
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Person Depicted

Sir Frederick McCoy, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Apr 1865
Classification

Museum history, Marketing & publicity, Media coverage
Category

History & Technology
Discipline

History
Type of item

Document
Overall Dimensions

270 mm (Length), 210 mm (Width)
Entire Page, not just the cartoon
Keywords

Museum History, Museum Staff, Working Life, Dinosaurs

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