Woolly Kangaroo. Macropus Lanigerus.
Lewin del.t. New Holland. H. Kearsley Sc. London, Published by G.B. Whittaker, March 1827. Fine coloured engraving. Sheet 220 x 130mm (8½ x 5"). Trimmed to platemark. From 'The Animal Kingdom' by Georges Léopold, Baron de Cuvier, published 1827-35. The artist, John William Lewin (1770-1819, son of bird artist William Lewin), was Australia’s first professional artist to arrive in the young colony as a free man.
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