Description
Rare c.19th lithograph of the presumed extinct Toolache Wallaby or Grey’s Wallaby from John Gould’s epic work on Mammals of Australia published in London 1845-1863, the most important study on Australian Fauna.
There were only 175 subscribers to the series and now most of those complete subscribed sets are in institutional collections making individual lithographs rare.
Modern binomial name: Macropus greyi
First described: Waterhouse, 1817
Distribution: Presumed extinct )The last probable sighting was in the 1970’s)
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 10032.
Sauer, G. C. John Gould The Bird Man: A Chronology and Bibliography London 1982 14.Collections:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 10032.
Sauer, G. C. John Gould The Bird Man: A Chronology and Bibliography London 1982 14.Collections:
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 760101
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1122360
State Library New South Wales: RB/LF0008/G SET
State Library Victoria: RARELTEF 599.0994 G73M
State Library South Australia: 599.0994 G697
National Library Australia: Bib ID 760101
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1122360
State Library New South Wales: RB/LF0008/G SET
State Library Victoria: RARELTEF 599.0994 G73M
State Library South Australia: 599.0994 G697
