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(Facing p. 22, I.)
Artist
- Name:
- Ryley, Charles Reuben
- Dates:
- 1752?-1798
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Skelton, William
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- McGill University Library, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Museum Leverianum
- Author(s):
- Shaw, George
- Publisher:
- London: James Parkinson, 1792
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Copper-plate engraving showing a Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), a marsupial in the family Didelphidae, which can be found in Central and North America.
This plate was engraved after a watercolor sketch.
Keywords: 1790s, 18th century, black & white, Didelphidae, mammal, marsupial, reference book, tree
